Atwood, Kay (Katherine Conlee)
Person
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 1 Collection or Record:
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