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1920s

 

Hundreds of Wild Flowers Bloom in Natural Garden Around Crater Lake Park - September 8, 1929

Here is the sixth of a series of articles by three Eastbay Boy Scouts touring National Parks of eleven western states under the sponsorship of the National Park Service and The Tribune....

 

Crater Lake Travel Increases Daily - September, 1929

Since the opening of the route to the rim of Crater Lake on June 22, the number of Summer vacationists has daily increased until travel roads show an increase of five hundred people over last year....

 

Crater Lake Road Open - July 3, 1929

Roads in Crater Lake National Park are now open to the rim of the Crater, reports the California State Automobile Association, but the road around the rim will not be open for some time yet.

 

Big Increase in Visitors Shown By Crater Lake - July 25, 1926

The growing popularity of Crater Lake National Park is reflected in the figures showing the heavy travel which has already set in to Oregon's national playground....

 

Entrance Fee Cut to Crater Lake Park - March 13, 1926

The entrance fee to Crater Lake National Park has been reduced from ?2.50 to $1 per automobile, according to word received here from Washington, D. C.

 

Highway Closed to Crater Lake By Early Snows - November 22, 1925

After one of the most gorgeous Octobers that ever blessed Oregon, the snow finally closed Crater Lake National Park on November 3. The park now rests under its white winter mantle and travel is definitely suspended. Possibly the road may again become negotiable

 

Honor Discoverer of Noted Oregon Lake - September 22, 1925

Citizens of Oregon today honored the memory of a man who sought gold and found, instead, one of nature's most precious jewels - Crater lake.

 

Establishment of Crater Lake National Park Should Spur Advocates of Roosevelt Reserve - August 28, 1924

Those interested in establishing a national park in the North Dakota Bad Lands dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt should be encouraged by the successful efforts of Oregon lovers of nature and outdoor life who secured for their state Crater Lake National Park, one of the most beautiful of the national reserves.

 

Most Visitors To Crater Lake Park Travel in Autos - July 19, 1924

Up to the evening of July 6th a total of 4,941 cars and 14,942 visitors entered Crater Lake National Park. Thus at the end of the first week of the official season nearly as many visitors entered as during the entire season of 1923, when a total of 33,011 visitors registered.

 

Tourist Movement To National Parks - July 11, 1924

The national parks throughout the country are being visited by unprecedented numbers of sightseers, some of whom travel from coast to coast by automobile to get a glimpse of the natural scenic wonders of the great open spaces of the west

 

Heavy Touring Season Begins at Crater Lake - July 5, 1924

Work on Roads Made Possible Through Recent Snow; Are in Good Shape Now.

 

Stone Woman of Crater Lake No Longer Mystery - October 24, 1923

It is not a petrified human body nor the lava filled cavity that resulted when the body of a woman enveloped in mud, distinguished, according to the ingenious theory of Samuel Hubbard, curator of archaeology in the Oakland Museum....

 

Local Man Wins Trophy in Hard Trip - August 6, 1922

Frank W. Hudson of Oakland, driving a Ford coupe, was the first motorist to reach Crater Lake this year over the road that leads to the famous national park from Klamath Falls, Oregon....

 

Snow at Crater Lake - February 4, 1921

The depth of snow at Crater Lake rim is 11 feet and at a camp five miles lower down is 10 feet, according to word received by Superintendent Alex Sparrow of Crater Lake National Park

 

 

 

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