A touch of scandal was associated with a concession permit granted to H.J. Boyd of Ashland for the period June 1-November 1, 1916. Under the terms of the permit Boyd was allowed “to bring people back through the Crater Lake National Park via the Lake” in his 1915 5-passenger Ford Touring Car “on his return from fishing trips” in Klamath and Lake counties. He was limited to a total of ten trips during the season. Later in December 1916 it was reported that Boyd had taken advantage of his permit since “his passengers were nearly all women, none of whom looked as though they were on a fishing trip. [2]
Increasing numbers of automobiles were driven to the park by vacationers during 1913-16. In 1913 permits were issued to 760 automobiles and 13 motorcycles at $1 each for a single round trip through the park. By 1915 the number of permits issued included: 2,231 round-trip automobile permits at $1 each; 13 season automobile permits at $5 each; and 30 round-trip motorcycle permits at $1 each. In 1916 2,649 automobiles entered the park, an all-time record to date. The growing number of automobiles in the park led the Department of the Interior to issue new automobile regulations for the park in 1916, a copy of which may be seen in Appendix A.
Park visitation continued to grow during 1913-16. In 1913, for instance, park visitation totaled 6,253 (June–43; July–1,144; August–3,002; September–1,637; October–418; November–9). That year the total number of guests entertained at the two permanent camps in the park was 2,240, a gain of more than sixty percent over the total for 1912.
Park visitation increased to 7,096 in 1914, the first year for which there are available published records providing statistical breakdowns both for monthly and state breakdowns. These statistics were:
Visitors to Crater Lake National Park
| February | 8 | August | 2,923 | |
| March | 6 | September | 1,167 | |
| May | 98 |
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| June | 345 | |||
| July | 2,549 | Total | 7,096 |
Visitors by States
| Alabama | 2 | Montana | 3 | |
| Arizona | 7 | Nebraska | 10 | |
| British Columbia | 11 | Nevada | 15 | |
| California | 932 | New Mexico | 2 | |
| Canada | 1 | New York | 11 | |
| Colorado | 4 | North Carolina | 3 | |
| Connecticut | 6 | Ohio | 6 | |
| District of Columbia | 2 | Oklahoma | 1 | |
| Germany | 1 | Oregon | 5,781 | |
| Hawaii | 8 | Pennsylvania | 3 | |
| Idaho | 29 | Philippines | 2 | |
| Illinois | 15 | Tennesse | 3 | |
| Indiana | 1 | Texas | 6 | |
| Iowa | 8 | Utah | 4 | |
| Kansas | 13 | Washington | 164 | |
| Maryland | 1 | West Virginia | 1 | |
| Massachusetts | 7 | Wisconsin | 3 | |
| Michigan | 1 |
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| Minnesota | 13 | |||
| Missouri | 16 | Total | 7,096 |
Visitation increased to 11,371 in 1915, stimulated in part by two world’s fairs on the Pacific Coast. Of this total, more than 10,000 visitors were from the states of Oregon (8,869), California (1,147), and Washington (305). Three foreign countries were also represented: Canada (12), England (1), and Sweden (1). Every state in the Union was represented except for South Carolina, South Dakota, and Virginia.
