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1960s

 

Stockton Girl Falls, Dies Hiking - August 18, 1969

Crater Lake National Park, Ore. (UPI) - A 14-year-old Stockton, girl fell to her death here yesterday while hiking down Cleetwood Cove trail.

 

Crater Lake Funds - January 17, 1969

Crater Lake National Park in Oregon is included in the President's budget for $256,000. It is one of 12 national parks listed for money for buildings, utilities and other facilities.

 

Visitor Total Nears Record - January 12, 1969

Supt. Donald M. Spalding says Crater Lake National Park had its second highest visitation on record during 1968.

 

Washington Miss Rules At Crater Lake Pageant - July 24, 1968

Mary McIntosh from Mt. Vernon, Wash., was crowned Miss Crater Lake 1968 Sunday night at the Crater Lake Lodge. The sixth annual Miss Crater Lake Pageant was planned and staged by the 126 students working at the world-famous tourist attraction.

 

Couple Trapped Above Crater Lake - June 17, 1968

A young couple made preparations at dusk Sunday to spend a cold night precariously perched 700 feet above Crater Lake in southern Oregon.

 

Ex-Crater Lake Chief Recalls Colorful Service on Retirement - March 7, 1968

Thomas J. Williams, chief of resource management and visitor protection in the National Park Service's regional headquarters in Santa Fe, N.M., has retired after 39 years of duty with the service.

 

$2 Million Crater Lake Lodge Expansion Revealed - January 12, 1968

A new 30-year contract and a building program totaling nearly $2 million has been announced by Ralph Peyton and J M. Griffin, owners of Crater Lake Lodge.

 

Seattle Glider Pilot Crashes - December 15, 1967

A Seattle pilot crash-landed his glider on the east slope of Crater Lake Thursday while attempting to set a long distance soaring record from Rainier, Wash., to Mt. Shasta, Calif.

 

Man Hurt in Crater Lake Fall Improves - September 12, 1967

Ole Vann, injured in a 250-foot fall at Crater Lake National Park last Friday, has been moved from the intensive care unit to regular patient quarters and is in "good" condition, the Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital disclosed today.

 

Visitor Falls 250 Feet, Lives, By Crater Lake - September 10, 1967

A sightseer plunged nearly 250 feet down a precipice above Annie Creek Canyon in Crater Lake National Park Friday.

 

New Staff Man Assigned At Crater Lake - August 18, 1967

Paul A. Larson of Flaming Gorge Recreation Area has been selected to fill the position of chief of interpretation and resource management at Crater Lake National Park.

 

Crater Lake Popular Working Place in Summer With College Set - July 12, 1967

Working at Crater Lake National Park Is a little like college without the book work.

 

'Miss Crater Lake' Pageant Prepared By Lodge Staffers - July 11, 1967

The pageant, entirely planned and executed by young people who work at Crater Lake Lodge during the summer, will be held in the lobby of the lodge with the coronation slated at 9 p.m.

 

Autopsy Has No Signs of Violence - July 2, 1967

An autopsy has found no signs of violence on the body of a woman found in a forest south of Crater Lake National Park.

 

Crater Lake Nature Program Set - May, 1967

Attendants at Thursday evening's meeting of the Nature Society of Klamath Region will hear a lecture - color slide program by Richard Brown, Crater Lake National Park naturalist.

 

Park Head Dies - April 23, 1965

The superintendent of the Crater Lake National Park, Richard A. Nelson, 56, died Thursday without regaining consciousness from a malady that struck him March 18.

 

Poet Penned Vivid Lines On Crater Lake - February 26, 1965

On the occasion of his second visit to Crater Lake in 1903, the celebrated poet Joaquin Miller penned the following lines.

 

Whitman Mission Official Named - January 20, 1965

Raymond C. Stickler has been appointed superintendent of the Whitman Mission National Historic Site.

 

Ranger at Crater Lake Transferred - September 3, 1964

The transfer of Lou Hallock, chief ranger at Crater Lake National Park, to an assignment at Death Valley national monument in California has been announced by the park service. The change will become effective Sept. 15.

 

Marriage: Mrs. P. F. Smith - June 17, 1963

Smith, Minneapolis, a nephew of the bridegroom, was ring bearer. The couple was honored at a buffet dinner at National Home, Ely.

 

Oregon Bears Claw Fresnan, Oaklander - August 28, 1960

Two Californians were treated for face injuries Wednesday after brief encounters with hungry bears at Mazama campsite in Crater Lake National Park.

 

Fresno Teacher is Slashed by Crater Lake Park Bear - August 24, 1960

Robert W. Young, 33, a sixth grade teacher in the Teilman School, was slashed over the left eye early today by a bear which entered his tent at Crater Lake National Park.

 

 

 

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