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In the desert water is king. Prior to the arrival of irrigation canals in1906 the Central Oregon region that would become Redmond was little more thana collection of determined settlers many living in tents bent on proving uptheir Carey Act homesteads. By 1910 the Redmond Spokesman one of twonewspapers publishing in the newly incorporated town was bragging aRedmond issituated in the heart of the best irrigated farming section in Central Oregonwhere abundant crops are grown by an intelligent and progressive class offarmers and ranchers.a By 1911 Redmond cemented its reputation as the hub ofCentral Oregon when the Oregon Trunk Railroad line arrived boosting Redmondcommerce by taking it out of the horseandwagon movement of goods and people.After World War II the City of Redmond purchased an army airbase for 1 andbuilt it into Oregonas largest regional airport east of the Cascade Mountains. «
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