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This charming town started as a thoroughfare for Native Americans traveling to and from Warm Springs, and the McKenzie and Santiam passes. Trappers, and pioneers followed. In 1843 John Fremont with Kit Carson and Billy Chinook passed through Sisters while developing a map of Oregon. In the late 1800's, when the post office was established, a proposal was made to name the town "Three Sisters" after the towering trio of peaks to the west. Postal authorities later shortened the name to Sisters. Sisters was formally established in 1901. The city of Sisters was incorporated in 1946. Later, logging became the primary industry until the mid 1960's when the last mill closed.

 

The Sisters population began to decline and nearly slipped into ghost-town status until concerned locals and developers with Brook Resources, who developed Black Butte Ranch, got together to resucitate the town. Businesses were offered $1,500.00 each to tranform the fronts of their buildings into western-styled storefronts creating the unique theme for the town. The 1880's western theme became part of the design code in the mid 1970's.

 

The city of Sisters is only 1.5 square miles, but consists of over 1,700 residents, and over 350 small businesses. Quaint specialty shops, art galleries, restaurants, lodging properties, antique stores and various small businesses grace the downtown area, much to the delight of the thousands of visitors to Sisters each year.

 

City Hall is located on the corner of Main and Locust streets. The civic campus also includes the Sisters School District Administration building and the Sisters Library.

 

City of Sisters

PO Box 39

520 E. Cascade Avenue

Sisters, OR 97759

Phone: 541-549-6022

 

 

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“ "Combine views of beautiful mountains and rugged volcanic peaks featuring a variety of wildlife with a dash of seasonal wildflowers and you end up with spectacular scenery that looks good, smells good and provides a million-miles-away-from-it-all feeling normally reserved for tropical islands." ”
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