regon Caves National Monument

"His last match flickering out, 24-year-old hunter Elijah Davidson found himself
in the total blackness of the cave. Davidson was chasing after his dog Bruno, who in turn
was pursuing a bear. Fortunately, he was able to wade down a gurgling, ice-cold stream
and find his way back into daylight. Bruno soon followed. It was 1874."

In 1907, a party of influential men, including Joaquin Miller, the "poet of the
Sierras," visited the cave. Charmed by it, Miller wrote of the "Marble Halls of Oregon."

The ensuing publicity alerted federal officials to the possibility of preserving the cave.
In 1909 President William Howard Taft proclaimed a tract of 480 acres as "Oregon Caves
National Monument." In 1934 Oregon Caves National Monument was transferred from
the Forest Service to the National Park Service, which still administers it.

(This information was found on the G.O.R.P. History page at the link below.)

(photo © 1991 Barbara Logan)

"Paradise Lost", a large marble flowstone "drapery" formation,
Oregon Caves National Monument, Cave Junction, Oregon, 13 October 1991

National Park Service - Oregon Caves

Oregon Caves Company - Concessionaire - Info and Schedule

An Unofficial Guide to Oregon Caves

G.O.R.P. Information and History of Oregon Caves

Oregon Online Highways - Oregon Caves

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