Jefferson

Jefferson County is best known within the United States for the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, homeland of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. In central Oregon, the county extends from high-desert country around Madras toward the eastern Cascades. The Deschutes River runs through basalt terrain, while Lake Billy Chinook is the reservoir behind Round Butte Dam, near the meeting of the Deschutes, Crooked and Metolius rivers. The reservation remains central to the area’s living Indigenous identity, and farming and ranching shape much of the open countryside. Find related webcams in the surrounding area to build a fuller picture of Jefferson County.

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