The small community first called Farewell Bend for the nearby big bend in the Deschutes River was made officially Bend when it was incorporated in 1905, after a 1901 recommendation by Postmaster William Statts to name it Pilot Butte was not approved by the U.S. Postal Service. Bend was first settled as a farming and ranching community around the end of the 19th century, with grass for summer forage and native meadows providing hay for winter livestock feeding, and irrigation canals spreading water to surrounding crop lands. In 1902, A.M. Drake, founder of Bend, and his Pilot Butte Development Company were logging and sawing lumber from trees in and adjacent to Drake Park. By 1918, two of the largest pine sawmills in North America were operating in Bend, helping supply World War I lumber demands, and the village soon grew into a major Oregon city. For the next 65 years, its economy relied mainly on lumber manufacturing. In 1928, Pilot Butte was given to the State of Oregon as a memorial to Terrence H. Foley by three former business associates who bought the butte for that purpose; Foley had been a major force behind almost every community activity from 1910 to 1925. Today Pilot Butte is a popular scenic viewpoint and part of the Oregon State Park System.