Railroads

O-11 "Report - Neil Creek Addition," by Lee P. Brown, L-Boundaries, Crater National Forest, Medford, Oregon (4p + map). An inventory of physical and economic characteristics of the 160-acre tract in the upper Neil Creek drainage. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

O-1 "Report on a Proposed Addition to the Crater National Forest," Harold D. Foster, L-Boundaries, Medford, Oregon (17p). An early version of a subsequent "O and C Addition" reports, Crater National Forest, 1919-21. The report contains useful background information on local ranches (cattle, sheep, and goats), communities, and mills in the Neil Creek, Upper Bear Creek, and Green Springs areas. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

O-2 "Reports on Proposed Enlargement of the Crater National Forest," L-Boundaries, Medford, Oregon (34p). The report concerns a proposal to add various revested Oregon-and-California Railroad Grant lands to the Forest. The report includes a brief overview of economic resources, township-by-township physical descriptions. [RR-SNF/SOU-HL]

The two reports in this folder include information on the history of the Lakeview district in South-Central Oregon. The materials document the migrants use of land as they arrived in Oregon to begin a new life. The documents focus on the years 1910 through 1936. The reports concern the Lumber Industry and its effects on the land. The importance of the railroads and the role of politics are also noted.