At Sleepy Hollow?
Yes.
What was the atmosphere in the park after that murder occurred on the south road [in 1952].
It sure put a damper on things, all right. They had the FBI coming to investigate and called us one by one for a conference. The FBI wanted to know where we were when that murder took place. It was something that put a somber note on your activities that summer. Also, the collapse of the trail down to the lake was a catastrophe. It wasn’t nearly as much fun as the previous summer had been.
Did you get a chance to go to the far corners of the park, place like Scoria Cone, Sun Creek, or Llaos Hallway?
I don’t recall exploring those, no. I was more involved in exploring wet places where salamanders and things and that kind of thing lived. I must have seen those places you mentioned, but they didn’t hold as intense an intense an interest for me.
Did any other area in the park, other than the ones we mentioned, hold your interest?
I was fascinated with all parts of that park. I stay deeply in love with it. As I said before, it was one of the greatest experiences in my life.
It must have given you a basis for comparison. We’ve talked about Gold Lake Bog and the Three Sisters. Were you able to extend your studies from what you had started at Crater Lake?
Oh, yes! The Gold Lake Bog was discovered by me. As far as I know, the bog and its biota were unknown. There was no record of it in the files of the Forest Service. I accidentally become aware of that bog at Gold Lake and later found that were five kinds of carnivorous plants and other rarities there. Botanically speaking, it was a treasure. There were two species of frogs there, Rana cascadae, and Rana pretiosa. After examining the species from the bog, we got the idea that they had hybridized. There were specimens that definitely seemed to be intermediate between the two species. The two species are very different. Rana pretiosa had a very brilliant under part which is red. I mentioned that in a publication on the bog that was written at the request of a federal agency. Dave Green went with me to the bog and he collected both species, including the animals that we thought were hybrids. He examined them and found some hybrids, too.
Did you do work in the Three Sisters Wilderness, like at Quaking Aspen Swamp?
The Friends of the Three Sisters made a trip out there a couple of times, and both times I was along and looked it over, but we didn’t do any extensive work at that site.
