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Title details for Ross Farnham interview with Kessler Cannon of KBND radio by Kessler Cannon - Available

Ross Farnham interview with Kessler Cannon of KBND radio

by Kessler Cannon
Ross Farnham
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Fifteen minute oral history with Ross Farnham, who first arrived in Bend in 1912 and would go on to become district attorney of Deschutes County, city attorney of Bend, city recorder of Bend, and a library board member for many years. Ross discusses being lured West from his home in North Dakota by a land scheme, finishing his education in Oregon, and settling in Bend in 1912. Ross discusses arriving in Bend in an open Cadillac car driven across the desert from Lakeview. Ross also discusses climbing Pilot Butte the first day he was here, practicing law in early days in Bend, the arrival of the railroads and the mills, and the splitting of Deschutes County from Crook County. Interview conducted by KBND in 1953 as part of an oral history series with the Deschutes County Pioneers. Originally broadcast on August 10, 1953. Photograph from Sunny on FindAGrave.com.
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Series: 15 minute histories Publisher: Bend, Oregon : KBND, p1953 Edition: Unabridged

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  • Release date: September 23, 2016
  • Duration: 00:13:27

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  • File size: 6526 KB
  • Release date: September 23, 2016
  • Duration: 00:13:27
  • Number of parts: 1

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Biography & Autobiography History Sociology Nonfiction

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Fifteen minute oral history with Ross Farnham, who first arrived in Bend in 1912 and would go on to become district attorney of Deschutes County, city attorney of Bend, city recorder of Bend, and a library board member for many years. Ross discusses being lured West from his home in North Dakota by a land scheme, finishing his education in Oregon, and settling in Bend in 1912. Ross discusses arriving in Bend in an open Cadillac car driven across the desert from Lakeview. Ross also discusses climbing Pilot Butte the first day he was here, practicing law in early days in Bend, the arrival of the railroads and the mills, and the splitting of Deschutes County from Crook County. Interview conducted by KBND in 1953 as part of an oral history series with the Deschutes County Pioneers. Originally broadcast on August 10, 1953. Photograph from Sunny on FindAGrave.com.
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Biography & Autobiography History Sociology Nonfiction
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