Smith Brothers Crater Lake Chronology

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Smith Brothers' Chronological History of Crater Lake National Park

Dedication and Sources

This collection of historical trivia is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Crater Lake National Parks "Father", William Gladstone Steel, who, it has been said, spent two hours each day for 50 years working on his Crater Lake Trivia Collection.

Special thanks to Crater Lake National Park Historian Stephen R. Mark for his assistance with this revision.

Originally compiled 1968:

Revised, August 1972
Revised, September 1972
Revised August 1973
Revised, August 1974
Revised, to July 1975
Revised, August 1977
Revised, August 1981
Revised, July 1982
Revised, October 1985
Revised, May 1992
Revised, February 1997
Revised, January 1998
Published to the web May, 1999

Sources:

Interviews and oral history
past periodicals and local newspapers
Park files in Crater Lake Nature Notes
Crater Lake Annual Superintendent Reports
Park Technical Files and Park Archives
"Steel Points" and and "W. G. Steel Scrap Books"
"The Enchanted Lake"
"Our National Park Policy"
"The Crater Lake Story"
Mazama Yearly Reports, beginning 1897
"CRATER LAKE, Story Behind the Scenery"
SOHS "The Table Rocks Centennial"
The writings of William Gladstone Steel
The Oregon Historical Society
Paul Herron, Crater Lake boat operator

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