Located in southern Oregon, Crater Lake National Park has a history that is just as rich and geologically intriguing as the park’s stunning environment. Crater Lake, a beautiful caldera created when Mount Mazama collapsed over 7,000 years ago as a result of a volcanic eruption, is the park’s focal point.
Oregon Trail The Oregon Trail is a legendary highway that was instrumental in the 19th-century westward development of the United States. The trail connected thousands of pioneers who were heading west to the bountiful fields of the Oregon Country, California, and other western regions. It spanned around 2,170 miles. The trail was originally used by …
D.B. Cooper One of the most intriguing and long-lasting mysteries in American history is the D.B. Cooper case. A man calling himself “Dan Cooper” hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971, and held the passengers hostage for $200,000. He also demanded four parachutes. After receiving the ransom money, Cooper parachuted over the …
From 1804 to 1806, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark embarked on the historic Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery. It was commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson to investigate and chart the enormous country encompassing the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains that had recently been acquired in the Louisiana Purchase.
