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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR
Harold L. Ickes, Secretary
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Newton B. Drury, Director
CONTENTS
Llao Rock and Wizard Island
Discovery and History
The Geologic Story of Crater Lake
Naturalist Service
Places of Interest
Wildlife
Forests and Wild Flowers
Fishing
Camping
Winter Sports
Administration and Park Headquarters
Rim Village
Accommodations and Expenses
How to Reach the Park
Interesting Briefs of Crater Lake National Park
Oregon Caves National Monument
Lava Beds National Monument
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Historic Events
| 1853 | John Wesley Hillman and a group of prospectors discovered the
lake and named it Deep Blue Lake. |
| 1862 | Chauncey Nye and party of prospectors, unaware of the previous
discovery, accidentally visited the lake, naming it Blue
Lake. |
| 1865 | Soldiers from Fort Klamath, without knowledge of previous
discoveries, visited the lake and named it Lake
Majesty. |
| 1869 | J. M. Sutton with a party from Jacksonville visited the lake
and named it Crater Lake. |
| 1873 | First photograph, a daguerrotype, taken of Crater Lake by
Peter Britt, southern Oregon pioneer. |
| 1883 | J. S. Diller, geologist, and Everett Hayden, of the United
States Geological Survey, visited the lake. |
| 1885 | William Gladstone Steel, with Prof. Joseph Le Conte, Capt.
Clarence E. Dutton, J. M. Breck, Jr., and others, visited Crater Lake.
Mr. Steel suggested that a national park be established and a petition
was sent to President Cleveland. |
| 1886 | The President issued a proclamation withdrawing 10 townships,
including Crater Lake. Lake surveyed and sounded by the United States
Geological Survey. |
| 1888 | First fish planted in Crater Lake by William Gladstone
Steel. |
| 1896 | Mazamas visited Crater Lake and christened the ancestral
mountain of which only the caldera and lower slopes remain, Mount
Mazama. |
| 1902 | Crater Lake National Park created by Congressional
action. |
| 1907 | First automobile driven to the rim of Crater Lake by Charles
True, from Medford, Oreg. The Wocus, the first boat used in
rendering a launch service to visitors, placed on the
lake. |
| 1912 | Crater Lake Lodge, the oldest structure now in the rim area,
was built. |
| 1931 | Sinnott Memorial dedicated. |
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