Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1942 - 2014

Biography

Local historian and author Kay Atwood, who has written extensively about the Southern Oregon region. Atwood’s books include Illahe: The Story of Settlement in the Rogue River Canyon, Mill Creek Journal: Ashland Oregon, 1850-1860, and Chaining Oregon: Surveying the Public Lands of the Pacific Northwest, 1851-1855. Her many other books and articles explore the settlement and development of communities in Southern Oregon, and include National Register nominations, cultural resource inventories, and environmental and organizational histories.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Cultural Resources Report, Trail to Casey State Park Entrance, Jackson County, Oregon, 1987

File — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS025:02.61

Scope and Contents The report evaluates the roads from Trail to the Casey State Park entrance and their state of deterioration. The roads between Trail to Crater Lake National Park are in significant need of repair. The report lists proposed improvements to make the roads safer for all travelers and provide better access to American historical locations. Also included in the report, is the National Register nomination of "The Rogue Elk Hotel" to the Registry of Historic Places, images of...

Dates: 1987

Found in: Southern Oregon University, Hannon Library / MSS-025, Kay Atwood Collection of Regional History / National Register of Historic Places nominations

Determination of Eligibility for Diamond Lake Fishery Management Canal Research, Umpqua National Forest, Douglas County, Oregon, 2003

File — Box: 13, Folder: 04

Identifier: MSS025:02.47

Scope and Contents The Diamond Lake Fishery Management Canal project is composed of several parts, a forebay, the dam and headgates, and the canal. The canal was built to run adjacent to the exclusive use area previously set aside for a hatchery on Lake Creek. Diamond Lake named by pioneer John Diamond who may have discovered it in 1852 from Diamond Peak where he explored the Cascade Range. John Breckenridge Waldo, an avid outdoorsman, spent his summers in the High Cascades, where he visited both Diamond...

Dates: 2003