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. 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 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 1700 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.

The new 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 new Sisters library.

City of Sisters
PO Box 39
520 E. Cascade Avenue
Sisters, OR 97759
Phone: 541-549-6022

Go to the City of Sisters website.