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1887
1887 From Steve Mark, Park Historican, 2016 – “Anna Cr.” appeared on the first USGS contour map of 1887, its first special map of Crater Lake in 1896, and the first Ashland quadrangle map of 1893. The name “Annie” came later.
July 4 1887 William Steel becomes the first person to successfully illuminate Mt. Hood with “Red Fire”. The light was seen in Portland.
October 1887 Will Steel organizes the Oregon Alpine Club in Portland. The Club is soon bankrupt.
Summer 1887 Ben Barton, Box 365, Coquille, Oregon, tells the story of his father Jesse Sario Barton, age 16, blazing his name on a tree near Rim Village. Barton had come to the Park with his stepfather, Dr. Nicolin and William Steel.
Summer 1887 Judge John Waldo, while on an exploratory trip through Crater Lake, shoots two prong horn antelope in the Pumice Desert area.
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