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1867
1867 John Wesley Hillman leaves Oregon for Hope Villa, Louisiana. He planed to be away for only a short time, but found that the warm climate lessened the pain of his shattered knee. He had been wounded in the Rogue Indian Wars of the 1850’s and the wound remained open the duration of his life.
August 17 1867 Philadelphia Inquirer
The Sunken Lake, The Sentinel, published Jacksonville, Oregon, of the 12 th., says: – Several of our citizens returned last week from a visit to the great sunken lake, situated in Cascade Mountains, about seventy-five miles northeast from Jacksonville. This lake rivals the famous valley of Sinbad, the sailor. It is thought to average two thousand feet down to the water, all round. The walls are almost perpendicular running down into the water and leaving no beach. The depth of the water is unknown, and its surface is smooth and unruffled, and it lies so far below the surface of the mountain that the air currents do not affect it. Its length is estimated at twelve miles, and its breath at ten. No living man ever has, and probably never will be able to reach the water’s edge. It lies silent, still and mysterious, in the bosom of the “everlasting hills”, like a huge well, scooped out by the hands of the giant genii of the mountains, in unknown ages gone by, and around it the primeval forests watch and ward are keeping. The visiting party fired a rifle several times into the water, at an angle of forty-five degrees, and were able to note several seconds of time from the report of the gun until the ball struck the water. Such seems incredible, but is vouched for by some of our most reliable citizens. The lake is certainly a most remarkable curiosity.
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