Crater Lake Special Events Log

The Smith Brothers' Chronological History of Crater Lake National Park

1993
April 22, 1993: The Oregonian reports that the NPS has decided against any further development at Rim Village. This means that the new, year-round Lodge will be built instead seven miles down and Mazama Village. The National Park and Conservation Association said of the development plan, "You've got a few hundred people able to stay in luxury rooms in a hotel, but a few thousand people outside looking at the hotel, isn't exactly what a national park is set up for."
April 29, 1993: Kathrine "Kit" Sue Nelon Levitt, 92, widow of longtime Park Superintendent Ernest P. Levitt, dies in Medford. Mrs. Levitt's family were early homesteaders in the Table Rock area of the Rogue Valley.
June 1993: Ancient caldera remains found near Elk Creek on the Rogue River. State geologists working for more than a year estimates the caldera to be more than 25 million years old. Age and the Rogie River have eroded several thousand feet of the original mountian. (Central Valley Times)
July 25, 1993: The MT reports that because so much remains to be learned about the Lake, the NPS has proposed continued monitoring of the lake at a cost of $160,000 a year. Such studies will build on the data already assembled.
August 12, 1993: Barbara Lucas, 30, of Scotland, is struck on the head by a 10 inch rock while hiking of from the boat dock. She suffered severe laceration, and remained unconscious during the rescue. Park rangers raced up the Cleetwood Trail with the whelled litter in 16 minutes. Ms. Lucas was taken to North Junction by ambulance and then transported to the Rogue Valley Medical Center by helicopter.
August 13, 1993: Barbara Lucas dies at Rogue Valley Medical Center from massive head injuries caused by a falling rock on the Cleetwood Trail.
September 20, 1993: The MT reports that Monday's earthquake centered in the Klamath basin and causing considerable damage in Klamath Falls, was felt in the Park, but rangers find only two rods had rolled into Rim Drive.
October 9, 1993: Park rangers issue six citations for illegal harvesting of a matsutkae mushrooms and one citation for carrying a loaded weapon in the Park. Rangers confiscated 30 pounds of plants and one handgun.
Fiscal Year 1993