Peter Skene Ogden State Park
Sign says:
“This Park is named for Peter Skene Ogden, 1793-1854. In the fall of 1825, Ogden led a Hudson’s Bay Company trapping party on the first recorded journey into Central Oregon, crossing the country to the north and east into the Crooked River Valley not far above here. He was in the vicinity again in 1826 bound for the Harney Basin and the Klamath Region where he discovered Mount Shasta. Ogden was an important figure in the early fur trade and ranged over all the west. He rescued the survivors of the Whitman massacre. Ogden, Utah, was named for him.”
The view from the top of the gorge is pretty cool.
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21/Jul/2012 at 7:02 am
[...] I'd suggest a stop at Timberline Lodge and go out of your way to Little Crater Lake. Stop at Peter Skene Ogden State Park and take a look over the cliff side to the Crooked River. There is a great Indian Museum in Warm [...]