What to see in America . crags resemble the hull and masts of a ship, andin some conditions of atmosphere on a warm day it disap-pears and reappears in a very mysterious way. Once thevast oval hollow that the lake occupies had a cap as highagain as the loftiest cliffs of the rim above the sea were volcanic steam and molten rock that escapedthrough fissures in the walls. All the country aroundsmoked in ruin. But at last the fiery tumult subsided, andthe summit of Mt. Mazama, as the old volcano has beencalled, collapsed intothe furnace and sankdeep into the color of the la
What to see in America . crags resemble the hull and masts of a ship, andin some conditions of atmosphere on a warm day it disap-pears and reappears in a very mysterious way. Once thevast oval hollow that the lake occupies had a cap as highagain as the loftiest cliffs of the rim above the sea were volcanic steam and molten rock that escapedthrough fissures in the walls. All the country aroundsmoked in ruin. But at last the fiery tumult subsided, andthe summit of Mt. Mazama, as the old volcano has beencalled, collapsed intothe furnace and sankdeep into the color of the lakeis indigo blue exceptalong the borders,where it merges intovarious shades ofgreen. So transpar-ent is the water thatbright objects can beclearly seen at a depthof a hundred feet. Itis probably the deep-est and bluest lake inthe world. Its lowestpoint is 2000 feet be-low the surface. In1888 trout fry were brought to the lake from a ranch forty miles away, but nofish were caught until a dozen years later. Since then they. The Phantom Ship, Crater Lake 518 What to See in America have been taken in ever increasing numbers. The lake wasdiscovered in 1853 by a party of prospectors who called itthe Lake of Mystery. Sea of Silence is another name appliedto it, and superstitious pioneers have called it BottomlessSpook Lake. It is eighty-five miles from Medford in theRogue River Valley. Somewhat aside from the road, nearProspect, the Rogue River rushes beneath a lava arch for ahundred yards. Oregon is an Indian name that means River of the popular name of Oregon is Beaver State. The peopleare nicknamed Webfeet because the state has a rainyclimate which is best appreciated by webfoot the wet season — that is, from November to April —nearly as much rain falls on Portland as on New York in ayear. The rains usually descend gently without any accom-paniment of thunder or destructive winds, and alwaysthere are many pleasant or partly pleasant days in the rainyseas
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