The Younger Dacite Flows Dacites of Cloudcap and ScottBluffs On the map, plate 3, all the lavas of Cloudcap and Scott Bluffs have been classed as dacite. It must be admitted, however, that some flows in this vicinity may well be andesitic and many more show features intermediate between those of the dacites and the andesites. Few … Continue reading Scott Bluff
Hike of the week: Mt. Scott gives bird’s-eye view of Crater Lake Mail Tribune Medford, Oregon September 3, 2004 By BILL KETTLER There’s a peak experience and a mountaintop view waiting for you at Crater Lake National Park. Most people who visit Oregon’s only national park content themselves with a view from the rim. More … Continue reading Hike of the week: Mt. Scott gives bird’s-eye view of Crater Lake – September 3, 2004
Mount Mazama and Crater Lake: Growth and Destruction of a Cascade Volcano U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service USGS Fact Sheet 092-02, August 2002 Mount Mazama Mount Mazama was formed over a period of nearly half a million years by a succession of overlapping volcanoes. The first eruptions about 420,000 years ago built … Continue reading 2: Mount Mazama
Mail Tribune June 14, 2020 Sunday OUTDOOR RECREATION / TRAVEL Drawn by the Crater Nationwide vacationers began visiting Crater Lake National Park when it opened this week By Lee Juillerat for the Mail Tribune CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK — Jeff Cook came from Florida. Elsa Porcaro and her husband, daughter, father and three sisters … Continue reading 2020 – 06-10 Visitors began Visiting
50-2 Volume 28 – 1997 Repeat Photography and Landscape Change By Ron Mastrogiuseppe and John Salinas Introduction The nature of nature is change. The physical and biological worlds in which we exist are constantly becoming different in myriad ways. A useful technique in comparing landscape changes occurring during a human lifetime and in analyzing long-term … Continue reading Repeat Photography and Landscape Change by Ron Mastrogiuseppe and John Salinas
***previous*** — ***next*** Crater Lake Photo Talk Crater Lake Photographers October 4, 2002 No source given, but may be from the Southern Oregon Historical Society Words, spoken or written, can never fully describe Crater Lake’s unique beauty. Even the most polished speakers and writers have struggled – and fallen short. That’s partly because of the … Continue reading Crater Lake Photo Talk
***previous*** — ***next*** The History of Crater Lake The Klamath Tribes have occupied the Klamath Basin in Southern Oregon for over 13,000 years. Crater Lake plays a significant role both in tribal history and legend. As Taylor David of Klamath Tribes Public Information explains: No matter who looks upon Crater Lake, known by the Klamath … Continue reading Origin Stories of the Lake
***previous*** — ***next*** 2012 February 9 2012 Crater Lake NPS to have Final Decision on Helicopters By Jeff Barnard, AP Environmental Writer The National Park Service will have the power to ban helicopter flights over Crater Lake without having to go through so much red tape. Oregon Democrats Sen. Ron Wyden and Sen. Jeff … Continue reading Smith History – 165 Helicopter Noise
***previous*** — ***next*** 1840s September 1841 An exploration headed by Commodore Charles Wilkes, and 39 others including a number of women and children camp on the banks of the Rogue River and pass safely through the valley. December 12 1843 General J.C. Fremont and his guide, Kit Carson, pass within sight of Mt. Scott. July … Continue reading Smith History – 22 News from the 1840’s
***previous*** — ***next*** THE SEA OF SILENCE …The plan is now to build, have the government build, a drive around the lake, so that all these points may be considered in a single day from a carriage. And a great hotel is planned! And a railroad must be made to whisk you through the life-and-vigor … Continue reading Smith History – 02 Sea of Silence and William Steel
