LEARNING
Redmond’s
history
I
rrigation and iron rails brought settlers to the
Redmond area in the early years of the 20th
century — fi rst as speculators that water and
the railroad would arrive, and later as farmers
and entrepreneurs drawn by their existence.
One family enticed by the prospects was Frank
and Josephine Redmond, two North Dakota
schoolteachers who, with their daughter Lucile,
moved to Central Oregon in 1904.
At the suggestion of then Deschutes Irriga-
Downtown parade for Redmond High School “kickoff day”
to celebrate the first game of the season, in the mid-1960s.
Spokesman file photo
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