[A brief summary of Juniper Golf Club's history]

Juniper Golf Club was organized on October 1, 1951 and incorporated October 11, 1951.

Incorporators were T. J. Wells, Jack Elliott, John Copenhaver, Charles Martini and Fred Sparks.

The first Board of Directors was Fred Sparks, T. J. Wells, Joe Brown, Harold Hansen, Ray Rogers, Fred Baer, P. M. Houk, Jim Short and C. P. Mahoney.

On Memorial Day, 1952, Fred Sparks had the undisputed honor of driving the first ball "on one of the most beautiful spots carved from the Central Oregon desert." With this official opening, we had a 6,002 yard, 72 par, nine hole golf course and a club house built from three barracks.

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