The Oregon Skyline Trail

The Oregon Skyline Trail

A History

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Publication Date: 13th May 2024

The foundation of America's greatest long-distance hiking trail. 

The Skyline Trail began as a network of footpaths created by Oregon's indigenous tribes. Early fur traders and explorers followed in their steps, seeking safe routes over the unmapped Cascades. Judge John Breckenridge Waldo later spent decades exploring the mountain trail between Mount Hood and Crater Lake and led the campaign for the area's preservation. During the 1920s, the Forest Service briefly considered turning the path into a scenic highway and sent one of its first recreational specialists, Frederick Cleator, t... Read More

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The foundation of America's greatest long-distance hiking trail. 

The Skyline Trail began as a network of footpaths created by Oregon's indigenous tribes. Early fur traders and explorers followed in their steps, seeking safe routes over the unmapped Cascades. Judge John Breckenridge Waldo later spent decades exploring the mountain trail between Mount Hood and Crater Lake and led the campaign for the area's preservation. During the 1920s, the Forest Service briefly considered turning the path into a scenic highway and sent one of its first recreational specialists, Frederick Cleator, t... Read More

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The foundation of America's greatest long-distance hiking trail. 

The Skyline Trail began as a network of footpaths created by Oregon's indigenous tribes. Early fur traders and explorers followed in their steps, seeking safe routes over the unmapped Cascades. Judge John Breckenridge Waldo later spent decades exploring the mountain trail between Mount Hood and Crater Lake and led the campaign for the area's preservation. During the 1920s, the Forest Service briefly considered turning the path into a scenic highway and sent one of its first recreational specialists, Frederick Cleator, to blaze a prospective route through the mountains before scrapping the ideaJoin author Glenn Voelz as he recounts the fascinating history of Oregon’s Skyline Trail.

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  • Pages: 192
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: The History Press
  • Publication Date: 13th May 2024
  • ISBN: 9781467157056
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)
    TRAVEL / Special Interest / Hikes & Walks
    HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
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Every Trail Tells a Story

Author Bio

Glenn Voelz served for twenty-five years in the U.S. Army as an intelligence officer and spent more than a decade living and working across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He held senior leadership positions at the Pentagon, in the White House Situation Room and at NATO headquarters. Glenn is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and served on the faculty as an assistant professor in the Department of History. He is the author of two previous books on Oregon history.

The foundation of America's greatest long-distance hiking trail. 

The Skyline Trail began as a network of footpaths created by Oregon's indigenous tribes. Early fur traders and explorers followed in their steps, seeking safe routes over the unmapped Cascades. Judge John Breckenridge Waldo later spent decades exploring the mountain trail between Mount Hood and Crater Lake and led the campaign for the area's preservation. During the 1920s, the Forest Service briefly considered turning the path into a scenic highway and sent one of its first recreational specialists, Frederick Cleator, to blaze a prospective route through the mountains before scrapping the ideaJoin author Glenn Voelz as he recounts the fascinating history of Oregon’s Skyline Trail.

  • Pages: 192
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: The History Press
  • Publication Date: 13th May 2024
  • ISBN: 9781467157056
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)
    TRAVEL / Special Interest / Hikes & Walks
    HISTORY / United States / 20th Century

Every Trail Tells a Story

Glenn Voelz served for twenty-five years in the U.S. Army as an intelligence officer and spent more than a decade living and working across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He held senior leadership positions at the Pentagon, in the White House Situation Room and at NATO headquarters. Glenn is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and served on the faculty as an assistant professor in the Department of History. He is the author of two previous books on Oregon history.