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The Sisters Rodeo is held the second weekend in June, held since 1941. [13] Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show is on the second weekend of July. [14] The Sisters Glory Daze Car Show is held in mid July [15] Sisters Folk Festival is held the weekend after Labor Day in September. [16] Fourth Friday Artwalk is a monthly event, occurring all year. [17]
Location of Marion County in Oregon. This list presents the full set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, Oregon, United States, and offers brief descriptive information about each of them.
The Sisters School District purchased property for the high school in 1938. The land was bought from the Oregon and Western Colonization Company, which owned unused right-of-way along U.S. Route 20. The 2-acre (0.81 ha) lot acquired for the high school is a triangular parcel of land on the southeast side of Sisters.
Hinkle was a railway junction where a cutoff to Boardman rejoined the main line of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company that ran from Umatilla to Huntington. [2] When the cutoff was built in 1915, a station was needed at the junction with the main line, and Joseph T. Hinkle , a prominent local attorney, newspaper editor and politician, sold ...
The Union Pacific Railroad's (UP) Hinkle Locomotive Service and Repair Facility is located within the railroad's yard at Hinkle, Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. The first locomotive shop and servicing facilities at Hinkle were constructed in 1951 as part of the general relocation of railroads and highways in north-central Oregon because ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 8.2 square miles (21.3 km 2), of which 0.02 square miles (0.06 km 2), or 0.29%, is water. [7] The area drains east via Black Butte Swamp to Indian Ford Creek, then Whychus Creek, then to the Deschutes River , a north-flowing tributary of the Columbia River .
The hotel was built in 1912 by local businessman John Dennis and continues to be among the most photographed buildings in Central Oregon. Date 25 November 2015, 13:30:15
Sister State Park was established in 1939. The park was named for the adjacent town of Sisters. The town of Sisters takes its name from the Three Sisters, three large volcanic mountains located in the Cascade Range overlooking the community. [2] [3] [4] The original 41 acres (17 ha) on the outskirts of Sisters was purchased by Louis W. Hill for ...