{"product_id":"9780738571843","title":"Bend","description":"\u003cb\u003eBend, astride the Deschutes River at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range, got its name from a place on the river that runs through it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003ePioneer travelers called the place Farewell Bend because it was where they had their last view of the double bend in the river that afforded a good place to camp and to ford the waterway, otherwise flowing through deep canyons. When the U.S. Post Office Department approved a name for a post office established there in 1886, it settled on a shorter version-Bend-because there already was a Farewell Bend on the Snake River in eastern Oregon. Arrival of a railroad in 1911 connected Bend with a market for Central Oregon's vast timber resources. Large sawmills began operations in 1916 and Bend grew tenfold in 10 years. And it kept on growing into a favored place to live. By its centennial in 2005, some 75,000 people called Bend home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcadia Publishing SC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46280343978225,"sku":"9780738571843","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780738571843_p0.jpg?v=1781926136","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780738571843","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}