Brothers, Oregon

Brothers, Oregon

Brothers is an unincorporated community in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States on U.S. Route 20. It is part of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 1990 census, Brothers had a population of 41 people.Fact|date=January 2008

History

Brothers post office was established in 1913.cite book
last = McArthur
first = Lewis A.
authorlink = Lewis A. McArthur
coauthors = Lewis L. McArthur
title = Oregon Geographic Names
origyear = 1928
edition = Seventh Edition
year = 2003
publisher = Oregon Historical Society Press
location = Portland, Oregon
id = ISBN 0-87595-277-1
pages = 116
] One source says that the name comes from several families of brothers who settled in the area, while another notes that there was a local Three Brothers Sheep Camp, named for three nearby hills that had the Three Sisters mountains looming behind them.

Vast tracts of uninhabited land covered with sagebrush surround Brothers, which are often used for model and high power rocket launches. [cite web |url=http://www.oregonrocketry.com/dir/dir-bro.htm |title=OregonRocketry]

References

External links

* [http://photos.salemhistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/max&CISOPTR=2149&REC=13 Historic photo of Brothers School from Salem Public Library]
* [http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,43837,00.html Wired News article on technology-assisted learning in Brothers]


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