[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 66 (Tuesday, May 21, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S4627]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE RESOLUTION 273--RECOGNIZING THE CENTENNIAL OF THE ESTABLISHMENT 
                      OF CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK

  Mr. SMITH of Oregon (for himself and Mr. Wyden) submitted the 
following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 273

       Whereas Crater Lake, at 1,943 feet deep, is the deepest 
     lake in the United States;
       Whereas Crater Lake is a significant natural feature, the 
     creation of which, through the eruption of Mount Mazama 7,700 
     years ago, dramatically affected the landscape of an area 
     that extends from southern Oregon into Canada;
       Whereas legends of the formation of Crater Lake have been 
     passed down through generations of the Klamath Tribe, Umpqua 
     Tribe, and other Indian tribes;
       Whereas on June 12, 1853, while in search of the legendary 
     Lost Cabin gold mine, John Wesley Hillman, Henry Klippel, and 
     Isaac Skeeters discovered Crater Lake;
       Whereas William Gladstone Steele dedicated 17 years to 
     developing strong local support for the conservation of 
     Crater Lake, of which Steele said, ``All ingenuity of nature 
     seems to have been exerted to the fullest capacity to build a 
     grand awe-inspiring temple the likes of which the world has 
     never seen before'';
       Whereas on May 22, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt 
     signed into law a bill establishing Crater Lake as the 
     Nation's sixth national park, mandating that Crater Lake 
     National Park be ``dedicated and set apart forever as a 
     public park or pleasure ground for the benefit of the people 
     of the United States'' (32 Stat. 202);
       Whereas Crater Lake National Park is a monument to the 
     beauty of nature and the importance of providing public 
     access to the natural treasures of the United States; and
       Whereas May 22, 2002, marks the 100th anniversary of the 
     designation of Crater Lake as a national park: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate recognizes May 22, 2002, as the 
     centennial of the establishment of Crater Lake National Park.

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