CRATER LAKE Administrative History

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Volume I

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION--DESCRIPTION OF THE PARK

A. Geographic Location of Park
B. Purpose of Park
C. Significance of Park.
D. Primary Resources of Park

CHAPTER ONE--DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION OF CRATER LAKE: 1853-1885

A. Discovery of Crater Lake by John W. Hillman: 1853
B. Subsequent Visits to Crater Lake: 1862-Early 1870s
C. First Crater Lake Photographs: 1874
D. Visits to Crater Lake: 1874-1883
E. Scientific Studies Commence: 1883

CHAPTER TWO--EARLY EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH CRATER NATIONAL PARK: 1885-1893

Appendix A--Biographical Sketch of Early Career of William Gladstone Steel: 1854-1893

CHAPTER THREE--CRATER LAKE ADMINISTERED BY THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE AS PART OF THE CASCADE RANGE FOREST RESERVE: 1893-1902

A. Emergence of a National Conservation Ethic
B. Establishment of Federal Forest Reserves
C. Establishment of Cascade Range Forest Reserve
D. Administration of National Forest Reserves Under the Forest Management Act of 1897
E. Crater Lake and the Cascade Range Forest Reserve: 1894-1902.

Appendix A--Proclamation No. 6
Appendix B--Notice, Department of the Interior, General Land Office, April 14, 1894
Appendix C--Rules and Regulations Governing Forest Reserves Established Under Section 24 of the Act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stats., 1095)
Appendix D--Report on the Survey and Examination of Forest Reserves: March 1898

CHAPTER FOUR--ESTABLISHMENT OF CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK: 1902

A. Legislative Bills: 1898-1900
B. Legislative History of Park Establishing Act: 1901-1902

Appendix A--Act Establishing Crater Lake National Park: May 22, 1902

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER FIVE--GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE CONSIDERATIONS FOR CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK: 1902-1916

A. Superintendents of Crater Lake National Park: 1902-1916
B. Rules and Regulations for Crater Lake National Park: 1902-1916
C. Land Issues in Crater Lake National Park: 1902-1916
D. Appropriations for Crater Lake National Park: 1902-1916

Appendix A--Biographical Sketch of William F. Arant
Appendix B--Rules and Regulations of the Crater Lake National Park: 1902
Appendix C--General Regulations of June 10, 1908
Appendix D--General Regulations of March 30, 1912

CHAPTER SIX--ADMINISTRATION OF CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK UNDER SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAM F. ARANT: 1902-1913

Appendix A--Regulations of November 15, 1910, Governing the Administration of Automobiles During the Season of 1911
Appendix B--Crater Lake National Park: 1912

CHAPTER SEVEN--CONTROVERSY INVOLVING THE REPLACEMENT OF WILLIAM F. ARANT WITH WILLIAM G. STEEL AS SUPERINTENDENT OF CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK: 1912-1913

Appendix A--Excerpts from Inspector Edward W. Dixon's Report on Park Operations and Conditions: 1912

Appendix A--Automobile Regulations of March 1, 1916

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER NINE--LEGISLATION RELATING TO CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK: 1916-PRESENT

A. Legislative Acts

1. An Act Providing for Acceptance by Federal Government of Exclusive Jurisdiction over Park Lands and Establishment of Resident U.S. Commissioner Position (39 Stat. 521--August 21, 1916)

2. An Act Making Appropriations for Sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1918, and for Other Purposes (40 Stat. 152--June 12, 1917)

3. An Act Accepting Certain Tracts of Land in The City of Medford, Jackson County, Oregon (43 Stat. 606--June 7, 1924)

4. An Act to Add Certain Land to the Crater Lake National Park in the State of Oregon, and for Other Purposes (47 Stat. 155--May 14, 1932)

5. An Act to Authorize the Acquisition of Additional Land in the City of Medford, Oregon, for Use in Connection with the Administration of the Crater Lake National Park (47 Stat. 156--May 14, 1932)

6. An Act to Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Accept the Cession by the State of Oregon of Exclusive Jurisdiction Over the Lands Embraced within the Crater Lake National Park, and for Other Purposes (49 Stat. 422--June 25, 1935)

7. An Act to Provide for the Resolution of Mining Activity Within, and to Repeal the Application of Mining Laws to Areas of the National Park System, and for Other Purposes (90 Stat. 1342--September 28, 1976)

8. An Act to Revise the Boundary of Crater Lake National Park in the State of Oregon, and for Other Purposes (94 Stat. 3255--December 19, 1980)

9 An Act to Correct the Boundary of Crater Lake National Park in the State of Oregon, and For Other Purposes (96 Stat. 709--September 15, 1982)

B. Wilderness Designation Proposals

C. Acquisition of Major Park Inholdings

1 Yawkey Tract
2. Gladstone Land and Timber Company Tract

D. Unsuccessful Efforts to Expand Park Boundaries

Appendix A--Act of Legislature, Approved January 25, 1915, Ceding to the United States Exclusive Jurisdiction over Crater Lake National Park in the State of Oregon (Oregon Laws, 1920, Vol. II, p. 3487)

Appendix B--An Act to Accept the Cession by the State of Oregon of Exclusive Jurisdiction over the Lands Embraced within the Crater Lake National Park, and for Other Purposes, Approved August 21, 1916 (39 Stat. 521)

CHAPTER TEN--ADMINISTRATlON OF CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK: 1916-PRESENT

A. Superintendents of Crater Lake National Park
B. Rules and Regulations for Crater Lake National Park
C. Function of U.S. Commissioner
D. Administration of the Park

Appendix A--Regulations Governing Crater Lake National Park (In Effect May 1, 1917)
Appendix B--National Park Service Policy Statement, 1918
Appendix C--Rules and Regulations for Crater Lake National Park (approved December 21, 1932)
Appendix D--Rules and Regulations [1940] [Briefed]
Appendix E--Area Objectives, Crater Lake National Park: 1964
Appendix F--Crater Lake National Park, Organizational Chart ... 1986

Volume II

CHAPTER ELEVEN--RANGER ACTIVITIES IN CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK: 1916-PRESENT

CHAPTER TWELVE--RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK: 1916-PRESENT

A. Resource Management: 1916-1929
B. Resource Management: 1930-1942
C. Resource Management: 1940s
D. Resource Management: 1950s-1960s
E. Resource Management: 1970s-1980s

Appendix A--Crater Lake National Park Strength of Force Plan, 1946

CHAPTER THIRTEEN--CONSTRUCTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND PLANNING ACTIVITIES IN CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK: 1916-PRESENT

Appendix A--Description of Water Supply, Telephone System, Roads, and Trail System in Crater Lake National Park--1918
Appendix B--Physical Improvements, Crater Lake National Park, 1928
Appendix C--Experiences of a CCC Enrollee at Camp Wineglass, 1934

CHAPTER FOURTEEN--MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES IN CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK: 1916-PRESENT

CHAPTER FIFTEEN--VISITATION AND CONCESSIONS OPERATIONS IN CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK: 1916 - PRESENT

Appendix A--Schedule of Basic Rates, Crater Lake National Park Company, Crater Lake National Park, 1938 Season . . . . .
Appendix B--1948, Crater Lake National Park, Crater Lake National Park Company
Appendix C--Crater Lake National Park Annual Visitation

CHAPTER SIXTEEN--INTERPRETATION IN CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK: 1916-PRESENT

Appendix A--Organization of the Nature Guide Service, Crater Lake National Park, Season 1929
Appendix B--List of Interpretive Services at Crater Lake National Park, 1956

Chapter 17

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN--PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AT RIM VILLAGE: 1886-PRESENT (HTML edition) (PDF)

A. Site Development: 1886-1913
B. The First Rim Village: 1914-1926
C. Rim Village Remade: 1927-1941
D. Post War Planning: 1942-1956
E. The Mission 66 Era: 1957-1967.
F. Planning for a new Rim Village: 1968-1977
G. False Starts and Potential Resolution: 1978-1988
H. Implementing the Plan: 1988-1989

Chapter 18

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN--RESEARCH (HTML edition) (PDF)

Introduction
Research Activities, 1886-1926
Naturalists and Research, 1927-1952
Science on a Shoestring, 1953-1973
Attempts at Linking Resource Management with Research, 1974-1983
Expanded Limnological and Geological Studies, 1984-2002
Other Research, 1984-2002
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Endnotes
Index (omitted from the HTML edition)

Chapter 19

CHAPTER NINETEEN--TRAILS (HTML edition) (PDF)

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Park Trails Prior to 1916
National Park Service Trail Building, 1917-21
Maintenance and Construction, 1922-28
Expansion and Re-Construction, 1929-32
New Deal Projects, 1933-41
Postwar Planning and Development, 1942-55
The Mission 66 Years, 1956-66
Austerity and a Changing Backcountry, 1967-80
A Holding Pattern, 1981-92
Convergence of Agenda and Funding, 1993-2010
Conclusion
Endnotes
Index (omitted from the HTML edition)

ENDNOTES

EPILOGUE

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