Standing in the Gap for Oregon

Deschutes County, Oregon The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose; Isaiah 35:1 Deschutes County in the southwestern corner of the North Central Region of the state is the newest county in the state, sectioned off from Crook County in 1916. It was named after the river that runs through it, which was named after French-Canadian fur trappers that first explored the region in the early 1800s. The Deschutes River begins in the Cascade Mountains northwest of La Pine, then flows southward into a couple of reservoirs. From the Wickiup Reservoir, the river goes northeast through Sunriver to the city of Bend. From there it goes northward and is joined by the Metolius and Crooked Rivers, forms one of the boundaries of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, and finally empties into the Columbia River a few miles southwest of Biggs Junction. Deschutes County, Oregon The county seat of Deschutes County is Bend, and while Crook Count...