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An old house just north of Madras. (Photo No. jefD0052), Photographer citation: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives



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Jefferson County, Oregon

History

Mt. Jefferson from Crooked River Ranch. (Photo No. jefDA0086), Photographer citation: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives

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Website updated with new data April 24, 2013

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"Jefferson County was established in 1914 from a portion of Crook County and named for Mount Jefferson on its western boundary. The county owes much of its agricultural prosperity to the railroad, which arrived in 1911, and to the development of irrigation projects in the late 1930s. The railroad, which links Madras with the Columbia River, was completed after constant feuds and battles between two lines working on opposite sides of the Deschutes River."

Oregon Blue Book

 Jefferson County, Oregon

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Surrounding Counties:

Crook     Deschutes     Linn     Marion

Wasco    Wheeler
  Color photos courtesy of Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives.

 

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