Alexander M. Drake
Alexander McClurg Drake (January 11, 1859 – October 8, 1934) was a Minnesota investor and Oregon pioneer. He was the founder of Bend, Oregon. Drake was born on January 11, 1859, in Xenia, Ohio. He was the second son of Caroline Matilda McClurg and Elias Franklin Drake, who was involved with the railroad business. Elias Franklin Drake also served in the Ohio House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate. Drake grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Drake, reacting to the 1893 Panic, traveled in a covered wagon with his wife, Florence (Ada Florence Williams), arriving to what was called "Farewell Bend" in June 1900. Mrs. Drake's love of the area's natural beauty, "the majestic Cascades to the West and the Deschutes River in the foreground" is said to be responsible for the selection of the site on which Bend now stands. Their home, the Drake Lodge, was built upon the spot now part of the Masonic Lodge in the center of Bend, which developed around the Drake's property. Drak ...
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Xenia, Ohio
Xenia ( ) is a city in southwestern Ohio and the county seat of Greene County, Ohio, United States. It is east of Dayton and is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area, as well as the Miami Valley region. The name comes from the Greek language, Greek word Xenia (Greek), Xenia (ξενία), which means "hospitality". As of the 2020 United States census, United States Census 2020, the city had a population of 25,441. As of the United States Census 2010, Xenia is the third-largest city by population in Greene County, behind Fairborn, Ohio, Fairborn and Beavercreek, Ohio, Beavercreek. At the geographical center of the county, it is the county seat and houses the County Courthouse, County Sheriff's Department, Jail, and other regional departments. History Xenia was founded in 1803, the same year Ohio was admitted to the Union. In that year, European-American pioneer John Paul (pioneer), John Paul bought of land from Thomas and Elizabeth Richardson of Hanover County, Vir ...
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