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William Gladstone Steel
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Profiles
Born in Stafford, Ohio in 1854, William Steel is
regarded as the "Father of Crater Lake National Park."
Steel spent years lobbying and fighting for National
Park status of Crater Lake.
He served as the park's second superintendent, pushed
for development of Crater Lake, co-founded the Mazama's
mountaineering club, and did much to conserve the
natural resources of Crater Lake National Park.
Steel
died November 21, 1934. He was buried in
Medford's Siskiyou Memorial Park wearing his NPS
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William Gladstone Steel |
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Related Links
- Smith Brothers' Chronological History
of Crater Lake National Park
Controversy Involving
the Replacement of William F. Arant With William G.
Steel as Superintendent of Crater Lake National
Park: 1912-1913 - Administrative
History of Crater Lake National Park, Chapter 7
Administration of
Crater Lake National Park Under Superintendent
William G. Steel: 1913-1916 -
Administrative History of Crater Lake National Park,
Chapter 8
Biographical Sketch:
Early Career of William Gladstone Steel: 1854-1893
- Administrative History of Crater Lake National
Park, Appendix A2
Early Efforts to
Establish Crater Lake National Park: 1885-1893
- Administrative History of Crater Lake National
Park, Chapter 2
Seventeen Years to
Success: John Muir, William Gladstone Steel, and the
Creation of Yosemite and Crater Lake National Parks
by Stephen R. Mark
OPB's Oregon
Experience Profiles William Steel -
February
13, 2007 - Crater Lake News
Crater Lake:
preserved in all its glory
- February
13, 2007 - Crater Lake News
Lake retains beauty
after 100 years
- May 22, 2002 - Crater Lake
News
Old stories about W.
F. Arant and Steel come back again and again for
family
- May 13, 2002 - Crater Lake
News
The Mountains of Oregon (PDF
file) By William Gladstone
Steel, 1890.
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William Gladstone Steel Standing in front of the
superintendent's office at Crater Lake National Park,
1915. Courtesy of Klamath County Museum |
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Current Conditions at Crater Lake National Park
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