Crater Lake National Park : a history / by Rick Harmon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harmon, Rick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crater Lake National Park (Or.)--History.

Crater Lake National Park (Or.).

Crater Lake National Park (Or.)--Management--History.

Physical Description:

280 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, [2002]

Summary:

Half a million people visit Crater Lake each year, and tens of millions throughout the world have been captivated by photographs of this deep blue jewel of Oregon's Cascade Mountains. Rich in detail and extensively illustrated, this comprehensive history, published to mark the hundredth anniversary of Crater Lake National Park, recounts the people and events that created and shaped Oregon's only national park.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Beginnings 5

Chapter 2 Clash of Cultures 22

Chapter 3 Enter Will Steel 41

Chapter 4 Birth and Early Years of Oregon's National Park 72

Chapter 5 The National Park Service and Crater Lake 100

Chapter 6 Frustration and Achievement 135

Chapter 7 Trauma and Recovery 171

Chapter 8 New Directions 200

Chapter 9 Challenge and Opportunity in the New Century 224.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-270) and index.

ISBN:

0870715372

OCLC:

48265520