So you were around during three superintendents during the time you were there?
Tom Williams, Otto Brown, Ward Yeager.
Barbara: Novak.
Novak. Yeah, Novaks were there. Strong assistant superintendent.
We’re in section B now, when we talk about personalities and events at Crater Lake 1959-’63, although we’ve done a bit of that in section A.
Did you have much a contact with Lava Beds at that time?
When I was there, no, not a lot. But we did have some contact. I don’t remember just what types of contact there was, and I can’t differentiate in my memory now between what was official and what was on my own time.
But as far as official projects in geology or archeology, would it have been very separate?
It would have been very separate, that’s right.
The next question is more a broad one about the memorable events at Crater Lake in the early ‘60s. I refer to just a couple of events such as the millionth visitor and then there was a plane crash where the pilot bailed out over the lake, was rescued, and then the plane went into Timber Crater and started a fire.
I remember that. The pilot was flying, he didn’t know Crater Lake was below him, and he lost the plane; he bailed out. When he came under the cloud cover he saw the lake under him. It’s my recollection that a ranger by the name of Williamson was working on the park service boat at the Cleetwood Cove dock at that time. Saw him came down, went out and picked him up.
He’s named in the report as one of the rangers in the rescue.
That’s about all.
I remember the millionth visitor. I remember that day somewhat, somebody was out on the road to determine who that millionth visitor was and stopped them and made some presentation and I don’t remember the details on that either.
