HISTORY OF THE OREGON STATE PARKS: 1917-1963

HISTORY
of
OREGON STATE PARKS

COVER

PREFACE

SECTION I: FORMATION OF A PARK SYSTEM—(1913 to 1929)

Origin of Park Idea
Advisory Committee on Tree Planting

SECTION II: EARLY DEVELOPMENT

Acquisition
Parks Engineer Appointed

SECTION III: PARKS PARTICIPATION BY OTHER AGENCIES

FEDERAL AGENCIES

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Emergency Relief Administration (ERA)
State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA)
Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commission
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
U. S. General Land Office and Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
U. S. Corps of Engineers
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U. S. Forest Service
U. S. Grazing Service
U. S. Bureau of Biological Survey
U. S. Lighthouse Service
U. S. Coast Guard
U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs
National Park Service

STATE COMMITTEES, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

Tree Planting Committee
The Governor I. L. Patterson Committee
The Governor Julius L. Meier Commission
Oregon State Board of Higher Education Advisory Committee on State Parks
State Parks Study Committee and Advisory Committee
Columbia River Gorge Commission
State Board of Forestry
State Game Commission
State Fish Commission
State Land Board

OTHERS

Borax Consolidated, Limited of London
Idaho Power Company
Louis W. Hill Family
Portland General Electric Company

SECTION IV: MISCELLANEOUS

STUDIES

Economic Study
Oregon Outdoor Non-Urban Parks and Recreation Study
Snake River Study

SEA LION CAVES

GENERAL USE

Ocean Shore Use
Airplane Use
Sand Removal
Vehicles and Horses
Flight Strips
Boating
U. S. Military Forces

PUBLIC USE

Park Use
Overnight Use
Day Use
Youth Camps
Group Camps

LEASES

Concession Leases
Land Leases
Grazing Leases

ORGANIZATION

Oregon State Parks and Recreation Division and Organization
State Parks Organization and Duties
State Parks Policy
Uniforms
Parks Superintendents and Tenure

PARK LAWS

SECTION V: STATE PARKS AND WAYSIDES

AREA BRIEFS

A
Ainsworth State Park
Alderwood Wayside
Alsea Bay-North Bridgehead Wayside
Armitage State Park
Azalea State Park
B
Bald Peak State Park
Bandon Ocean Wayside
Bandon State Park
Barview Wayside
Battle Mountain State Park
Battle Mountain Forest Wayside
Battle Rock Wayside
Beachside State Park
Ben and Kay Dorris State Park
Ben Hur Lampman Wayside
Benson State Park
Beverly Beach State Park
Blachly Mountain Forest Wayside
Blue Mountain Forest Wayside
Boiler Bay Wayside
Bolon Island Tideways Wayside
Bonneville State Park
Booth Wayside
Bradley Wayside
Buena Vista Ocean Wayside
Bullards Beach State Park
C
Camas Mountain Wayside
Canyon Creek Forest Wayside
Cape Arago State Park
Cape Lookout State Park
Cape Meares State Park
Cape Sebastian State Park
Carl G. Washburne Memorial Park
Carpenterville-Brookings Forest Wayside
Cascadia State Park
Casey State Park
Catherine Creek State Park
Champoeg State Park
Chandler Wayside
Cline Falls State Park
Collier Memorial State Park
Conde B. McCullough Bridgehead and Wayside
Coquille Myrtle Grove State Park
Crown Point State Park
D
Dabney State Park
Darlingtonia Wayside
Depoe Bay State Park
Deschutes State Park
Detroit Lake State Park
Devil's Elbow State Park
Devil's Lake State Park
Devil's Punch Bowl State Park
Dyer Wayside
E
Ecola State Park
Elk Creek Tunnel Wayside
Elliott R. Corbett II Memorial Park
Ellmaker State Park
Emigrant Hill Overlook Wayside
Emigrant Springs State Park
Erratic Rock Wayside
Evergreen Ranch Wayside
F
Farewell Bend State Park
Fern Ridge State Park
Floras Lake State Park
Fogarty Creek State Park
Fort Rock State Monument
Fort Stevens State Park
Gangloff Wayside
G
Gearhart Ocean Wayside
Geisel Monument Wayside
George W. Joseph State Park
Golden and Silver Falls State Park
Governor Patterson Memorial State Park
Guy W. Talbot State Park
H
H. B. Van Duzer Forest Corridor Wayside
Harris Beach State Park
Hat Rock State Park
Hendricks Bridge Wayside
Hilgard Junction State Park
Hoffman Memorial Wayside
Holman Wayside
Howard J. Morton Memorial State Park
Hug Point State Park
Humbug Mountain State Park
Hutchinson Wayside
I
Illinois River State Park
J
Jackson F. Kimball State Park
Jennie B. Harris Wayside
Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park
Joaquin Miller Forest Wayside
John B. Yeon State Park
John Day River State Park
Juniper Waysides
K
Klamath Falls-Lakeview Forest Wayside
Koberg Beach Wayside
L
Lake Owyhee State Park
Lane County Wood Tract State Park
Lang State Park
Laurelhurst State Park
Lava River Caves State Park
Lewis and Clark State Park
Lincoln County Ocean Wayside
Lincoln County Wood Tract
Lindsey Creek State Park
Loeb State Park
Lost Creek State Park
M
Mackin Gulch Forest Wayside
Maria C. Jackson State Park
Maud Williamson State Park
Mayer State Park
McLeod Wayside
McLoughlin State Park
Millicoma Myrtle Grove State Park
Muriel O. Ponsler Memorial Wayside
Myrtle Preserves
N
Nehalem Bay State Park
Neptune State Park
Nestucca Sand Spit State Park
North Santiam State Park
Norway Myrtle Preserve (See Myrtle Preserves)
O
Ochoco Lake State Park
Ochoco Wayside
Ona Beach State Park
Oswald West State Park
Otter Crest Wayside
P
Painted Hills State Park
Pass Creek Wayside
Peter Skene Ogden Scenic Wayside
Pilot Butte State Park
Pistol River State Park
Port Orford Cedar Forest Wayside
Portland Women's Forum State Park
Prineville Reservoir State Park
Prospect Wayside
R
Red Bridge State Park
Redmond-Bend Juniper Wayside
Robert W. Sawyer State Park
Rocky Creek Wayside
Rogue River Forest Wayside
Rogue River Overlook Wayside
Rooster Rock State Park
Roseburg State Park
Rough and Ready Wayside
S
Saddle Mountain State Park
Samuel H. Boardman State Park
Sarah Helmick State Park
Seal Rock Wayside
Seneca Fouts Memorial State Park
Shelton Wayside
Shepperd's Dell State Park
Sheridan State Park
Shore Acres State Park
Silver Falls State Park
Simpson Wayside
Sisters State Park
Smith Rock State Park
Sodaville Springs State Park
South Beach Wayside
South Newport State Park
Stage Coach Forest Wayside
Starvation Creek State Park
Sunset Bay State Park
Sunset Highway Forest Wayside
Susan Creek State Park
Sweet Myrtle Preserve (See Myrtle Preserves)
T
The Cove Palisades State Park
Thomas Condon-John Day Fossil Beds State Park
TouVelle State Park
Tub Springs Wayside
Tumalo State Park
U
Ukiah-Dale Forest Wayside
Umpqua Lighthouse State Park
Umpqua Myrtle Preserve (See Myrtle Preserves)
Umpqua Wayside
Unity Forest Wayside
Unity Lake State Park
V
Valley of the Rogue State Park
Viento State Park
Vinzenz Lausmann Memorial State Park
W
Wallowa Lake Highway Forest Wayside
Wallowa Lake State Park
Washburne Wayside
W. B. Nelson State Park
Willamette Stone State Park
William M. Tugman State Park
William P. Keady Wayside
Wilson River Highway Forest Wayside
Wygant State Park
Y
Yachats Ocean Road Wayside
Yachats State Park
Yaquina Bay State Park
Z
Ziba Dimmick State Park

SECTION VI: MAPS, CHARTS, AND DATA

Gifts
Park Acreages
Historic Markers
Park Attendance
Expenditures
Overnight Camp Data
Maps