By Finding aid prepared by Elizabeth Nielsen and Anna Stewart.
Collection Overview
Title: Oregon State Park Sites and Timber Reserves Maps, 1922-1928
Predominant Dates: 1926-1928
ID: MAPS ParkSites
Primary Creator: Oregon. State Highway Department
Extent: 0.3 cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: This collection is arranged in two series. I. Park Sites Maps, 1922-1928; II. Timber Reserves Maps, 1926-1928.
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
Abstract
The Oregon State Park Sites and Timber Reserves Maps consist of maps of park sites acquired for the State of Oregon by the Oregon State Highway Commission. The collection also includes maps of land acquired for the Blue Mountain and Wallowa Timber Reserves in northeastern Oregon. The maps depict road right of ways, property lines, legal descriptions, streams, design parameters, and property corners.
Scope and Content Notes
The Oregon State Park Sites and Timber Reserves Maps document lands acquired by the Oregon State Highway Commission for park sites throughout Oregon as well as lands for the Blue Mountain Timber Reserve, bordering the Old Oregon Trail, and the Wallowa Timber Reserve. Most of the maps are large scale; many are at a scale of 1 inch to 200 feet. The maps show details of the property lines, roads, streams, land features, and county boundaries as well as the legal description of the area according to the Public Land Survey System and the acreage of each parcel. The individual from whom the land was acquired is also indicated.
Biographical / Historical Notes
There has been an interest in maintaining areas for public use and enjoyment in Oregon since the earliest years of statehood. One of the first examples of private land being set aside for public use was in 1871 with the donation of Sodaville Mineral Springs by Thomas Summers. In 1921, the Oregon State Parks System was established as a function of the Oregon State Highway Department and the Oregon State Highway Commission. These agencies guided the Oregon State Parks System from 1921 through 1989, when the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department was established.
State Parks in Oregon grew rapidly in the 1920s. Beginning in 1921, the Highway Commission was authorized to acquire the rights-of-way within 300 feet of highway center lines, which is documented in this collection. In 1925, Oregon State legislation allowed acquisition of areas beyond the 300 feet from centerline to create larger park areas. These efforts soon faded as the Depression took hold and made funds for further park development scarce. However, federal government programs like the Civilian Conservation Corps assisted in maintaining and improving state parks when state funding was limited during the 1930s.
Administrative Information
More Extent Information:
59 maps; 1 oversize box
Statement on Access:
Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note:
The maps were received by the Oregon State University Library in 1965; they were transferred from the Oregon State University Libraries' maps collection to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center in 2013.
Related Materials:
The Gifford Photographic Collection (P 218) includes many photographs of state parks in Oregon. The Oregon State University Libraries general map collection includes more recent maps of the Oregon State Parks system.
Preferred Citation:
Oregon State Park Sites and Timber Reserves Maps (MAPS ParkSites), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Creators
Oregon. State Highway Department
Oregon State Highway Commission
People, Places, and Topics
Blue Mountains (Or. and Wash.)--Maps.
Columbia River Highway (Or.)--Maps.
Forest reserves--Oregon.
Memaloose State Park (Or.)--Maps.
Natural Resources
Pacific Coast (Or.)--Maps.
Parks--Oregon.
Wallowa Mountains (Or.)--Maps.
Forms of Material
Box and Folder Listing
- Series 1: Park Sites Maps, 1922-1928
- Series I consists of maps of park sites acquired for the Oregon State Parks system in the 1920s, including the first state park, Sarah Helmick State Park, in Polk County. The series also includes a statewide map depicting all the state-owned parks.
- Extent: 30 maps
- Box-Folder 1.1
- Item 1: Location of State Owned Parks, 1928
- Statewide map of Oregon park locations.
- Item 2: Barlow Monument Site, August 1926
- Clackamas County, 1 in = 40 ft
- Item 3: Boiler Bay Park Site, August 1925
- Lincoln County, 1 in = 150 ft
- Item 4: Booth Park, September 1922
- Douglas County, 1 in = 300 ft
- Item 5: Bradley Park, June 1922
- Clatsop County, 1 in = 150 ft
- Item 6: Brush Creek Park Site, May 1926
- Curry County, 1 in = 200 ft
- Item 7: Camas Mountain Summit, March 1926
- Douglas County, 1 in = 400 ft
- Item 8: Chandler Park, July 1925
- Lake County, 1 in = 100 ft
- Item 9: Columbia River Highway- Columbia County, July 1922
- C0lumbia County, 1 in = 75 ft
- Item 10: Columbia River Highway- Hood River County, August 1922
- Hood River County, 1 in = 100 ft
- Item 11: The Dalles-California Highway, October 1927
- Deschutes County, 1 in = 400 ft
- Item 12: Devil's Punch Bowl Park, July 1926
- Lincoln County, 1 in = 100 ft
- Item 13: Emigrant Park, July 1925
- Umatilla County, 1 in = 150 ft
- Item 14: Gangloff Park, May 1926
- Union County, 1 in = 100 ft
- Item 15: Harris Beach, April 1926
- Curry County, 1 in = 200 ft
- Item 16: Holman Park, October 1925
- Polk County, 1 in = 150 ft
- Item 17: Lane-Benton Park, September 1926
- Lane and Benton Counties, 1 in = 400 ft
- Item 18: Lava River Caves Park, May 1927
- Deschutes County, 1 in = 400 ft
- Item 19: Mayer Park, May 1924
- Wasco County, 1 in = 400 ft
- Item 20: Memaloose Park, May 1925
- Wasco County, 1 in = 100 ft
- Item 21: Old Oregon Trail, November 1925
- Umatilla County, 1 in = 400 ft
- Item 22: Oregon City Bluffs, June 1926
- Clatsop County, 1 in = 50 ft
- Item 23: Otter Crest Park, February 1928
- Lincoln County, 1 in = 100 ft
- Item 24: Peter Skene Ogden Park, December 1926
- Jefferson County, 1 in = 400 ft
- Item 25: Rocky Creek Park, May 1926
- Lincoln County, 1 in = 300 ft
- Item 26: Roosevelt Coast Highway Park, October 1927
- Curry County, 1 in = 200 ft
- Item 27: Roosevelt Coast Highway Park, November 1925
- Curry County, 1 in = 1000 ft
- Item 28: Sarah Helmick Park, June 1922
- Polk County, 1 in = 100 ft
- Item 29: Shelton Park, June 1926
- Wheeler County, 1 in = 100 ft
- Item 30: Viento Park, May 1925
- Hood River County, 1 in = 100 ft
- Series 2: Timber Reserves Maps, 1926-1928
- Series II consists of maps of properties acquired in Umatilla and Union Counties to become part of the Blue Mountain Timber Reserve, on the Old Oregon Trail, and in Union, Wasco, and Wallowa Counties to become part of the Wallowa Timber Reserve, on the La Grande-Wallowa Lake Highway. In addition to maps of the individual property acquisitions, the series includes a map for each Reserve showing the location and ownership of all tracts.
- Extent: 29 maps
- Sub-Series 1: Blue Mountain Timber Reserve Maps, 1927-1928
- Extent: 25 maps
- Box-Folder 1.1
- Item 1: Location and Ownership of Tracts, January 1928
- Umatilla and Union Counties, 1 in = 3000 ft
- Item 2: Property Acquired From Osa R. Adams, April 1927
- Union County, 1 in = 200 ft
- Item 3: Property Acquired From Oliver P. Bowman, February 1928
- Umatilla County, 1 in = 200 ft
- Extent: 4 sheets
- Item 4: Property Acquired From Wm. S. Campbell, April 1927
- Umatilla County, 1 in = 200 ft
- Item 5: Property Acquired From A. Leme Estate, March 1927
- Umatilla County, 1 in = 100 ft
- Item 6: Property Acquired From S.H. Forshaw, October 1927
- Union County, 1 in = 200 ft
- Item 7: Property Acquired From Rose Harrah, July 1927
- Umatilla County, 1 in = 200 ft
- Item 8: Property Acquired From Marion Jack, February 1928
- Union County, 1 in = 200 ft
- Item 9: Property Acquired From G.W. Klopfenstein and Wife, February 1927
- Union County, 1 in = 100 ft
- Item 10: Property Acquired From William Lahti, May 1927
- Umatilla County, 1 in = 400 ft
- Item 11: Property Acquired From Edward and Pearl Lyday, March 1927
- Umatilla County, 1 in = 200 ft
- Item 12: Property Acquired From L. L. Mann, April 1927
- Umatilla County, 1 in = 400 ft and 1 in = 200 ft
- Extent: 2 sheets
- Item 13: Property Acquired From G. W. McDowell, March 1927
- Union County, 1 in = 200 ft
- Item 14: Property Acquired From C. A. Norden, October 1927
- Union County, 1 in = 400 ft
- Item 15: Property Acquired From Charlotte B. Schroeder, May 1927
- Umatilla County, 1 in = 200 ft
- Item 16: Property Acquired From J. E. Smith Livestock Company, April 1927
- Union and Umatilla Counties, 1 in = 200 ft and 1 in = 400 ft
- Extent: 5 sheets
- Item 17: Property Acquired From John B. Wilson, March 1927
- Union County, 1 in = 200 ft
- Sub-Series 2: Wallowa Timber Reserve Maps, 1926-1928
- Extent: 4 maps
- Box-Folder 1.1
- Item 1: Location and Ownership of Tracts, February 1928
- Union and Wasco Counties, 1 in = 3000 ft
- Item 2: Property Acquired From Ada Boyd, June 1926
- Wallowa County, 1 in = 400 ft
- Item 3: Property Acquired From Ed Copeland, July 1926
- Wallowa County, 1 in = 200 ft
- Item 4: Property Acquired From Ernest F. Johnson, February 1926
- Wallowa County, 1 in = 200 ft
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