72 Solinsky, Report on Operations and Approved Construction Projects, Season of 1931, 23, RD/L; Solinsky, SAR 1931, 7.
73 Davidson, Report to the Chief Landscape Architect, through the Superintendent of Crater Lake National Park, July 21-25, 1929, 1-2.
74 Sager, Report to the Chief Landscape Architect, July 4 – August 1, 1930, 1-2; Sager, Report to the Chief Landscape Architect, September 16 – October 6, 1930, 3. The length of trail completed in 1930 was 3,900 feet, or to a point beyond the first lookout saddle. The agency’s intent of replacing the trail built in 1917 is mentioned in “Big Outlay to Improve C. Lake Park,” Medford Mail Tribune, May 20, 1930.
75 Robertson, Report of 1931 Construction Activities, 4.
76 Solinsky, Report on Operations and Approved Construction Projects, 27-28; see also Record of Improvements—Crater Lake National Park, May 1, 1945, 11, RG 79, 67A614, Box 8936, NA-Seattle. Some 2,500 gallons were applied during the initial application in 1931.
77 Crater Lake National Park, Minor Roads and Trails [Project] Justification, 7, Trail Oiling: Mount Scott Trail, Garfield Peak Trail, Watchman Peak Trail, and Discovery Point Trail, RG 79, Central Classified Files 1933-49, Box 885, File 618 Program, NARA II.
78 Sager, Report to the Chief Landscape Architect, June 8, 1931, 3-4.
79 Sager, Report to the Chief Landscape Architect, July 11-30, 1932, 3. Curiously, he made no mention of the trail built by the Corps of Engineers, or the one from Rim Village built by Sparrow’s crew.
80 Solinsky, SAR 1932, 8; Robertson, Report on 1932 Construction Activities, November 1, 1932, 7. Robertson mentioned that the rough trail used for transporting materials in 1931 was utilized as much as possible.
81 Sager commented that the rough trail of 1931 had been narrowed in places and its grade made more uniform the following year. He mentioned a parking area at the original trailhead along the old road and considered the new trail to be the same standard of construction as the one on Garfield Peak; Sager, A Summary of Construction during the season of 1932, October 29, 1932, 28.
82 Solinsky, SAR 1932, 8.
