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CRATER LAKE
Guidebook 1940 |
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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Harold L. Ickes, Secretary
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Arno B. Cammerer, Director
CONTENTS
Cover (Sinnott Memorial Observation Station and Mount Hillman)
Discovery and HistoryThe Geologic Story of Crater Lake
Places of Interest to Visit
Wildlife
Forests and Wild Flowers
Fishing
Camping
Winter Sports
Administration and Park Headquarters
Rim Village
Accommodations and Expenses
How to Reach the Park
Oregon Caves National Monument
Lava Beds National Monument
Interesting Briefs of Crater Lake National Park
Historic Events
| 1853 | John Wesley Hillman and a group of prospectors discovered the lake and named it Deep Blue Lake. |
| 1862 | Chauncey Nye and party of prospe tors, unaware of the previous discovery, accidentally visited the lake, naming it Blue Lake. |
| 1865 | Soldiers from Fort Klamath, without knowledge of previous discoveries, visited the lake and named it Lake Majesty. |
| 1869 | A party from Jacksonville visited the lake and named it Crater Lake. |
| 1873 | First photograph, a daguerreotype, taken of Crater Lake by Peter Britt, southern Oregon pioneer. |
| 1883 | J. S. Diller, geologist, and Everett Hayden, of the United States Geological Survey, visited the lake. |
| 1885 | William Gladstone Steel, with Prof. Joseph Le Conte, Capt. Clarence E. Dutton, J. M. Breck, Jr., and others, visited Crater Lake. Mr. Steel suggested that a national park be established and a petition was sent to President Cleveland. |
| 1886 | The President issued a proclamation withdrawing 10 townships, including Crater Lake. Lake surveyed and sounded by the United States Geological Survey. |
| 1888 | First fish planted in Crater Lake by William Gladstone Steel. |
| 1896 | Mazamas visited Crater Lake and christened the ancestral mountain, of which only the caldera and lower slopes remain, Mount Mazama. |
| 1902 | Crater Lake National Park created by Congressional action. |
| 1907 | First automobile driven to the rim of Crater Lake by Charles True, from Medford, Oreg. The Wocus, the first boat used in rendering a launch service to visitors, placed on the lake. |
| 1912 | Crater Lake Lodge, the oldest structure now existing in the rim area, was built. |
| 1931 | Sinnott Memorial dedicated. |
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