The brick woolen mill was built about 1910. Started by an entrepreneur who went back East to get financial backing from a few folks. It operated for about a year and a half as a woolen mill, using wool from sheep raised up around Shaniko. Reason for decline is not know at this time.

It became a bar/saloon next. It, at one time, had the distinction of being the being the largest purveyor of draft beer on the West Coast. It was used as a set in the film "Paint Your Wagon" and also in other movies. 44' 4.11N, 121' 18.33W 3,612'/1,101 meters Bend Quadrangle

The middle window on the front brick section of the building (where bricks are not below) was formerly swinging doors as in the old, wild-west, saloons. The Shepherd’s House, 1854 NE Division Street, near Revere, Bend, Oregon Mailing Address: PO BOX 5484 Bend, OR 97708

Now owned by a couple from Sisters, Oregon, a Mr. & Mrs. April. It has now become a dormitory, for men in a drug & alcohol rehabilitation program (including the Twelve Step approach), called The Shepherd’s House. Some of those Individuals taking the rehab program are the same ones that had frequented the facility years before, when it was a saloon.