Talk:Eastern Oregon

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I got the wrong reference style, but corrected it to be consistent with the style in Lake County (Oregon). MaxwellPerkins 20:45, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Picture

The "high desert" photograph is of Smith Rock and Gray Butte, which is in Central Oregon. Still, I think the photo should stay, because I think that in terms of climate at geography, Central Oregon is arguably a subregion of Eastern Oregon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Karl Dickman (talk • contribs) 03:32, 20 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What's what is a matter of perspective. when I go to cheyenne Wyoming, I tell my friends I'm happy to be 'back east'. OH well. You have the same problem within the state. People who live west of Cascades tend to lump everything east of the cascades as "eastern Oregon" However, you can go to Bend, Redmond or Madras and never see a reference to the area as 'Eastern Oregon'

the signs, radio, talking to people--- consistently refer to the Deschutes River drainage as "Central Oregon"

the name of the newspaper in Prineville is the "Central Oregonian", and it has been there since 1882. You can look at their website at "http://www.centraloregonian.com/". It seems to me that people are entitled to name themselves, and if we agree that folks from the Deschutes River Basin are more likely to self describe themselves as being in 'Central Oregon' as opposed to "Eastern Oregon" then we should accept that.Rvannatta 03:55, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Proper Eastern Oregon photos should be of the Pendleton Roundup, or of Hart Mountain or similar things.

railroads

I rewrote the sentence on railroads which wrongly credited the Union Pacific with the first railroad in Eastern Oregon. the History is pretty complex. I am wondering though, if maybe the section should be renamed "Transportation in Eastern Oregon" It seems that 'Transportation' is sort of a pro-active alternative to 'Isolation' and would open the door to a discussion of all aspects of the transporation infrastructure in Eastern Oregon which is critical to understanding the region.Rvannatta 07:03, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]