Holiday Gift Guide: Frontier Doctor: $$
What: Frontier Doctor, by Urling Coe. One of my favorite Bend history books—this is more of a narrative than a dry history tome and it’s a fantastic read. Urling Coe came to Bend in 1905 to practice medicine when Bend was still entirely a frontier town, and his experiences and observations over the years that followed as Central Oregon developed are priceless.
For: Anyone interested in Bend history.
Price: $15.95 new – $$
Where: Try the Book Barn first—they have the best selection of local interest/authors that I’ve seen in town.
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Trivia: Urling Coe (aside from having an unusual name) also served as one of Bend’s first mayors and co-founded Bend’s first bank.
I went looking for this book for a Christmas present and they were all out at the Book Barn, but they have a bunch at the Des Chutes Historical Museum on Idaho Ave. in Bend