Historical Marker
O'Donnell Field
Historical marker location:
1145 Northeast 1st Street, Bend, Oregon
( Marker is at the intersection of Northeast 1st Street and Northeast Greenwood Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Northeast 1st Street.)
Built: 1916.
The name "Oregon" comes from a mistake. The name was first used by French Canadian explorers who mispronounced the word "Ouragan" which means "hurricane" in French. They used it to describe the powerful Columbia River, and the name stuck.