Crater Lake National Park

by Margaret LaPlante

Overview

For more than half a million years, volcano Mount Mazama towered over southern Oregon. From time to time, it erupted, spreading pumice, ash, and cinders for miles around. Then, approximately 7,700 years ago, Mount Mazama erupted with such force that the volcano could no longer support itself and it collapsed, leaving a large caldera. Eventually, the volcanic action subsided and all was calm. Over the next centuries, water and snow accumulated in the caldera. In 1902, Crater Lake became a national park.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467130943
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	12/09/2013
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Historian and author Margaret LaPlante has given us a chance to step back in time and experience Crater Lake from the 1850s to the 1950s. All of the historic images in the book appear courtesy of the Crater Lake National Park Museum and Archive Collections. LaPlante previously authored two Oregon books, Jacksonville and Eagle Point, in Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6

Introduction 7

1 The Most Beautiful and Majestic Body of Water 11

2 Incomparable in Beauty 29

3 Another Sky Lay Almost Underneath Our Feet 39

4 Beholding the Superbly Beautiful Scenery 73

5 The Greatest Possibilities of Any Scenic Park in the World 81

6 Crater Lake Has Two Seasons-Winter and the Month of July 99