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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25D3_chandler-state-park_Lakeview-OR.html
Having been among the early pioneers in this area, S.B. Chandler became one of the largest land owners in the vicinity during that era (1870 - 1930).
He ran large amounts of sheep and also some cattle.
At the peak of his land ownership his prope…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25CX_fremont-arrives_Summer-Lake-OR.html
Summer Lake and Winter Ridge were both named in 1843 by Captain John C. Fremont, leader of a US Army Topographical Corps expedition whose ambitious goal was to explore and map the Great Basin lands of eastern Oregon, Nevada, and Utah.
On Decemb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25B3_paisleys-history_Paisley-OR.html
Paisley was once the site of a seasonal Native American settlement. Northern Paiute and Klamath Indians came to the Chewaucan Marsh and River to harvest local resources, most notably the wapato, Silgittaria cuneata, a plant with arrowhead-shaped l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25B2_ranching-a-way-of-life_Paisley-OR.html
The 19th century brought significant changes to this region.
In 1843, Captain John C. Fremont explored and mapped this area.
By the 1870s, most of the region's Native American inhabitants were removed to distant reservations.
Homesteaders ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25AZ_fremont-memorial_Summer-Lake-OR.html
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The reports of this expedition directed the migration of the western settlement toward the Oregon Country which hitherto had been merely a rendezvous for trappers.
On December 16th 1843 the expedition, while enroute from the Dalle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM257R_fort-rock_Fort-Rock-OR.html
Fort Rock is the remnant of a maar volcano or tuff ring, formed when rising basaltic magma encountered water and exploded violently. The exploded debris - called tuff - fell back to earth around the volcanic vent to form this steep-walled, fort-li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM257Q_a-path-to-the-past_Fort-Rock-OR.html
The history of the west is linked with the idea of finding a new home in a challenging land. We call it homesteading.
During the Pleistocene epoch, homesteaders in the Fort Rock Basin were mammoths, camels, horses, flamingos, and ocean-going f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM257P_home-sweet-home_Fort-Rock-OR.html
The 1909 Enlarged Homestead Act fueled a landrush that began with the Homestead Act of 1862.
The Act allowed qualified individuals to claim 320 acres by building a residence and cultivating 40 acres.
Motivated by dreams of a "Garden of Eden&qu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM257O_claiming-the-desert_Fort-Rock-OR.html
The Homestead Act of 1862 inspired thousands to seek land in the West. The law allowed heads of households, widows, and all single people over 21 years old to purchase 160 acres at $1.25 per acre, or by paying a $15 filing fee after 5 years of res…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM257I_fort-rock_Fort-Rock-OR.html
Fort Rock, towering above you to the north and west, is one of Oregon's most interesting geologic features.
Geologists believe it was formed near the end of the Ice Age some 10,000 to 12,000 years ago during a period of frequent volcanic activit…