Cactus Inn News Today

Preserving our history is just as important as preparing the next generation.

Preserving our history is just as important as preparing the next generation.

Agency Plains pioneer woman becomes Madras entrepreneur February 20 2021 Edith Smith Moore, who came west in the late 1880s, managed the Madres Hotel and later the Cactus Inn Edith Smith was born in Michigan in 1873. She came west with her parents in 1889. She met William Moore while in Oregon, and they were married in 1894. William was born in Missouri in 1870. His parents had come to Oregon when he was a young boy. They had two children before coming to Central Oregon. William spe...