Local has seen Sisters grow and change Doug Williams enjoys his vintage 1974 Gran Torino. It brings back memories of hot-rodding on Three Creek Road. photo provided select Doug Williams (standing with guitar over his shoulder) with his high school band, Big Willie & the Wildmen. photo provided Doug Williams has a perspective on Sisters only long-time locals know. He’s lived in town since 1963 and has watched it survive, grow, and change — from a mill town to the modern mix it is today. He moved with his family from Bend and started his freshman year in high school with about 150 students — with only 15 in his freshman class.