Local Report: Rim Runs registration deadline approaching – July 17, 1998

The registration deadline is approaching for the remaining 200 openings in the 1998 Crater Lake Rim Runs and Marathon Aug. 8 in Crater Lake National Park.

 

Crater Lake Tourists’ Illness Claims Paid – October 9, 1975

The federal government has authorized payment of nearly $30,000 so far to tourists plagued by gastrointestinal illness at Crater Lake National Park last summer.

 

New Crater Lake Sickness Blamed on First Outbreak – August 16, 1975

A federal health officer said yesterday that water at Crater Lake National Park apparently is not responsible for the new outbreak of a gastrointestinal disease.

 

Public Deceived? Crater Lake Hearings – August 8, 1975

The National Park Service and the Senate Interior Committee have scheduled hearings to investigate allegations that the public was deliberately deceived about the existence of contaminated water at Crater Lake National Park.

Sewage in Drinking Water: Lodge Cover-Up Claimed – August 4, 1975

Actions were taken at a privately operated lodge in Crater Lake National Park to keep the public from knowing about a gastroenteritis sickness that eventually closed the park, it was reported Sunday.

 

Oregon Declines to Fully OK Drinking Water at Crater Lake – August 1, 1975

The Oregon Health Division has declined to fully endorse the National Park Service’s decision that the water at Crater Lake National Park is safe enough that the park can be reopened.

 

Crater Lake Opening ‘On’ Despite Water Warnings – July 31, 1975

Reopening plans for Crater Lake National Park are rolling right along despite warnings from the State Health Division.

 

Park says Crater Lake water safe, Oregon issues health warning – July 31, 1975

The Oregon Slate Health Division has issued a warning about drinking water here hours after park officials announced the water supply was again safe and Crater Lake National Park, closed since July 11 because of a contaminated supply, would reopen Friday.

 

Crater Lake Visitors Still Feel Effects – July 24, 1975

Nearly a month after visiting Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, several Modeslans still are feeling the effects of illness caused by drinking polluted water. However, no serious complications have developed.

 

Crew Surveying for Pipeline – July 24, 1975

A survey crew is at work at Crater Lake National Park on a new three and one-half mile pipeline from Annie Springs to Rim Village as a permanent solution to the contaminated water problem which has closed the park.

 

Park Slated to Reopen Soon – July 21, 1975

Crater Lake National Park is expected to reopen within days as “the most sanitary place in the United States,” Ralph Peyton, president of Crater Lake Lodge Inc, said Friday.

 

Yakima, Washington Man develops Hepatitis from Crater Lake – July 21, 1975

A Yakima, Wash, man has become the first person known to have developed infectious hepatitis after drinking from the polluted water system at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon.

 

Crater Lake Looks at New Water Source – July 18, 1975

A new water source may have to be found for facilities in Crater Lake National Park, a national park service official said Tuesday.

 

Crater Lake Closed, Water Contaminated – July 14, 1975

Crater Lake National Park, which contains one of the world’s most “spectacular, blue lakes, may be closed for the summer because of contaminated water that has made more than 500 persons ill.

 

Crater Lake Closes in Nausea Epidemic – July 13, 1975

State police and forest rangers yesterday blocked all entrances to spectacular Crater Lake National Park, containing the nation’s deepest lake, because of an outbreak of epidemic nausea which forced the park’s abrupt closure.

 

Oregon State Police, forest rangers close Crater Lake – July 13, 1975

State police and forest rangers Saturday blocked all entrances lo spectacular Crater Lake National Park, containing the nation’s deepest lake, because of an outbreak of epidemic nausea which forced the park’s abrupt closure.

Crater Lake Discovered on Hunt for Lost Mine – May 24, 1953

The 100th anniversary of Crater Lake in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, will be observed this year, it has been announced by John R. Wosky, park superintendent.

Smoking Waters of Crater Lake a Great Mystery – December 21, 1945

The Navy and the U. S. Geological Survey are on the trail of one of the west’s greatest mysteries — the smoking waters of Crater Lake.

Scenic Volcano – November 12, 1945

It was eight weeks ago that Oregon’s famed Crater Lake began its unlakelike burps. Two days later, a second dust-bubble broke from the surface. The third, two weeks later, formed a cloud 300 ft. wide. Tourists began to flock to the lake to watch. After the road was closed for the winter, in late October, the lake uttered yet one more eructation.