t7 Historic Events UNITED STATES i __ DEPARTMENT OF THE 1853 and a group of prospectors discovered the lake and i d INTERIOR named it Deep Blue Lake. NATIONAL PARK Harold L. Ickes, Secretary 1862 Chauncey Nye and party of prospec- tors, unaware of the previous dis- |I ACCESSIBLE OREGON cover), accidentally visited the lake, ALL naming it Blue Lake. YEAR '9 40 1865 Soldiers from Fort Klamath, without knowledge of previous discoveries, vis- ited the lake and named it Lake Majesty. U. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 1869 A party from Jacksonville visited the lake and named it Crater Lake. Arno B. Cammerer, Director 1873 First photograph, a daguerreotype, taken of Crater Lake by Peter Brtt, southern Oregon pioneer. . CONYTENYS OCATED in southern Oregon, The ever changing color of lava cliffs 1883 J. S. Diller, geologist, and Everett Hayden, of the United States Geolog- W) on the crest of the Cascade and blue water are beautiful beyond ical Survey, visited the lake. Sinnott Memorial Observation _ Range, Crater Lake National description. Station and Mount Hill- 1885 , with F o Park has a high place among the Na- Crater Lake National Park, estab- Joseph Le Conte, Capt. Clarence I wonderlands. At man ...... Cove Dutton, J. M. Breck, Jr., and othei tion's most scenic lished May 22, 1902, embraces an area visited Crater Lake. Mr. Steel suggest Crater Lake visitors observe beauty in of 250.52 square miles. Discovery and History . 3 ed that a national park be establishe truest sense and experience a pro- The Geologic Story of and a petition was sent to Presider its DISCOVERY AND HISTORY 4 Cleveland. found inspirational appeal. Tranquil- History says that the Klamath In- Crater Lake . unfathom- Places of Interest to Visit 7 1886 The President issued a proclamatin lity now prevails where once dians knew of, but seldom visited, withdrawing 10 townships, includir able volcanic power was displayed. Wildlife . 8 - Crater Lake. Lake surveyed and soun, Crater Lake before its discovery by 9 ed by the United States Geologica The lake rests in the heart of a white men. The Indians knew the Forests and Wild Flowers 9 Survey. Fishing. mighty mountain whose destruction re- lake and the mountain as the battle- to 1888 First fish planted in Crater Lake by Camping William Gladstone Steel. i'k sulted in the formation of a vast crater ground of the gods. >' in which the waters accumulated. It Winter Sports . 1896 Mazamas visited Crater Lake and Crater Lake was discovered on June Administration and Park christened the ancestral mountain, of is 6 miles wide, 2,000 feet deep, covers 12, 1853, by John Wesley Hillman, a Headquarters . 11 which only the caldera and lower an area of 20 square miles, and has a young prospector leading a party in 11 slopes remain, . Rim Village shore line of 26 miles, with multi- search of the "Lost Cabin Mine." Hav- 1902 Crater Lake National Park created by Accommodations and Ex- colored cliffs rising 500 to 2,000 feet ing failed in their efforts to find the 11 Congressional action above the lake. on re- penses. 1907 First automobile driven to the rim of mine, Hillman and his party How to Reach the Park 13 Crater Lake by Charles True, from Trails lead to high points on the turning to Jacksonville, Oreg., a min- Medford, Oreg. The Wocus, the first Valley, Oregon Caves National boat used in rendering a launch service 0 rim and to the shore of the lake. ing camp in the Rogue River Monument. 14 to visitors, placed on the lake. Launches and rowboats are available reported the discovery of a lake which Lava Beds National 1912 , the oldest struc- for scenic trips and trout fishing. Daily they had named Deep Blue Lake, lo- Monument. 14 >- ture now existing in the rim area, was launch trips are scheduled around the cated high in the Cascade Mountains. built. *.ijc-fdsti3gh;Briefsof Crater lake shore line and to . Hillman's discovery was apparently ' Laike-INitional Park 15 1931 Sinnott Memorial dedicated. A paved road extends around the crater forgotten in the excitement of gold rim, a distance of 35 miles, presenting discoveries and Indian wars. On Octo- .-: ::- scores of enthralling views of the lake. ber 21, 1862, Chauncey Nye, leading Crater Lake National Pa'rk . Oregon i Crater Lake Natior,nal Park . Oregon 3 3OUTHERNOR51O38UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SOUlHERN OREGIN UNiVERSITY LIBRARY 513 00394 -ASH LAN d, OREGON 97520 z