Timber! - Oregon Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

This kiosk is located on the south side of Hwy 31 near mile 1.7. There are four signs in the kiosk: Timber (history), Unquiet Earth (geology), Local Attractions, and Byway Description

Marker Name: Timber!
Marker Text: When the first Euroamerican settlers arrived in this region, they found mountains cloaked with open forests of large trees. This easily accessible timber was a powerful draw for entrepreneurs with enough energy and backing to set up logging operations.
In 1916, Minnesota-based lumber companies Shevlin-Hixon and Brooks-Scanlon established twin mills on either side of the Deschutes River in Bend. WIthin a decade, the surrounding mountains (as far south as La Pine) were loaced with hundreds of miles of logging railroads and mobile timber camps followed.
Marker Name: Unquiet Earth
Marker Text: Central Oregon is a land of volcanoes where molten rock pushes restlessly upward against the earth’s thin, fractured crust. Over the past few million years, this region has been shattered and sculpted by explosions, earthquakes, ashfalls, ashflows, and gigantic basalt floods, creating a landscape as dramatic as it is beautiful. Here are some nearby examples: Newberry Volcano, Hole-in-the-Ground, Fort Rock, Derrick Cave, Badlands, and Moffitt Butte.

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