Crater Lake Special Events Log

The Smith Brothers' Chronological History of Crater Lake National Park

1998

January 9, 1998

The NPS proposes expanding the boarders of Oregon Caves National Monument by as much as eight times to 3,310 acres which is the signs first proposed in 1908. Much of the area around Park has been extensively logged. The present Park is 484 acres. The proposal also suggests that the NPS take over the cave tours and the ownership of the Chalet, turning it into a visitor center and employee housing. Oregon Caves is completing a successful three-year, $1.3 million cave restoration.

February 10, 1998

Calling fishing a "violent process" inharmonious with Crater Lake, the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, in a letter to Park Superintendent Al Hendricks, asks that fishing within the boundaries of the Park the banned. PETA claims that the last thing they want to see on vacation is someone killing for tourturing an animal in the Park. "These fish have lives and should be left alone." "They're very sincere people individuals with strong believes," Hendricks responded. "They have the right to promote their believes. I'll wait to see if it develops into anything, but I'd be surprised if it did." (MT)

September 16, 1998

2,000 bike riders from the 10th annual Cycle Oregon, sponsored by the Oregonian Newspaper, leave their overnight camp at Diamond Lake to circle the Rim of Crater Lake. The group started on September 13, in Myrtle Creek, with camping stops in Butte Falls, Diamond Lake, Glide, and returning to Myrtle Creek on September 19th.

"THE GREAT SUNKEN LAKE HAS WALLS THAT ARE ALMOST PERPENDICULAR. THE DEPTH OF A WATER IS UNKNOWN. ITS SURFACE IS SMOOTH AND UNRUFFLED. IT LIES SO FAR BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE MOUNTAIN THAT AIR CURRENTS DO NOT AFFECT IT. ITS LENGTH IS 12 MILES, AND BREADTH IS 10 MILES. NO LIVING MAN HAS OR PROBABLY IN THE FUTURE WILL EVER BE ABLE TO REACH THE WATERS EDGE. IT LIES SILENT, STILL AND MYSTERIOUS IN THE BOSOM OF THE "EVERLASTING HILLS", LIKE A HUGE WELL SCOOPED BY THE HANDS OF THE GIANT GENIE OF THE MOUNTAINS IN AGES GONE BY. THESE FACTS SEEM INCREDIBLE BUT THEY ARE VOUCHED BY SOME OF THE MOST RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS. LAKE IS CERTAINLY A MOST REMARKABLE CURIOSITY."

The Jacksonville Sentinel, October 28, 1869

This is the end of the book but the stories go on and on....