I guess Gifford Lake could also have been named after Gifford Pinchot. Benjamin A. Gifford, his son Ralph, Wanda (Ralph's wife) and Ben (Wanda and R...

What about Gifford Lake? Maybe it was one of these guys: Gifford, Ralph I., 1894-1947 or his father, Gifford, Benjamin A. 1859-1936.

The name Averill in the article about the avocet made me curious. The Oregon Hikers page about Averill Lake says this: "According to McArthur & ...

Some of the older maps have this circle symbol. I did a little research and am pretty sure this indicates an unpaved runway. This is from the 1952 M...

Nice find! The 1966 map has the "DWYER LOGGING CAMP" located about 1/4 mile up Fish Creek from its confluence with the Clackamas River. I've somet...

Here's the explanation from the director of ODOT as published by Pamplin Media. I guess this is what passes for journalism these days? You just prin...

It was a false alarm. They found $19,000,000 in the budget to restore the shortage. Reminds me of what the school district did this year. First the...

I'm pretty sure we started from the top trailhead up at Lookout Springs on 4610 that day. Now it looks like there's a bit of snow up there after the s...

Rob and I were about five miles south of you yesterday. We went out to Frazier Turnaround and went down the 511 trail to the historical trail side ca...

If I remember correctly, many years ago I saw evidence of a campfire that had burned down into the duff and burned an area of several hundred square f...

Howdy Ted, Thanks much for the maintenance on Fish Creek trail. We made use of it coming out Sunday after camping at the second bridge. Those maple...

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