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Cascade Range Volcanoes
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Early Journals, Publications, Articles, and Newspaper ClippingsEarly references, etchings, maps, and writings which mention the Cascade Range volcanoes. NOTE: Not all historical information is presented here. This collection will be added to as items are found and time permits.[Back to Menu] |
1839 -- Presidents Range -- Kelley
In the 1830s Hall J. Kelley proposed naming the volcanoes of the Cascades the "Presidents Range", with each of the peaks bearing the name of a U.S. President. This quotation from Kelley's 1839 Memoir appeared in the March 1917 edition of The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society. Annotations are from the author, Fred W. Powell. 1843 -- Presidents Range -- Farnham In the 1830s Hall J. Kelley proposed naming the volcanoes of the Cascades the "Presidents Range", with each of the peaks bearing the name of a U.S. President. This version is Thomas J. Farnham's version, as given in his 1843 publication "Travels in the Great Western Prairies, The Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory" 1845 -- Presidents Range -- Hastings In the 1830s Hall J. Kelley proposed naming the volcanoes of the Cascades the "Presidents Range", with each of the peaks bearing the name of a U.S. President. This version is Lansford Hasting's version, as given in his 1845 publication "The Emigrants Guide, to Oregon and California ... " 1912 -- Nomenclature of Northwest Mountains -- Himes Excerpts from an article appearing in the October 1912 edition of Mazama, written by George H. Himes, which gives explanations for the naming of the major peaks of the Cascade Range. The article also refers to Hall J. Kelley's "Presidents Range". |
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