Vacation Land — The National Forests in Oregon Fomuax 



Close to the Dead Indian Soda Springs there is a summer home site area of 

 13 lots, which will be rented at $7.50 each per annum. 



The Dead Indian country is best reached from Ashland by the Dead Indian 

 Road. The Lake of the Woods is a very beautiful little lake and is a popular 

 camping ground, especially when the crop of mountain huckleberries is good. At 

 such times a hundred or more people are sometimes camped on the lake, all busy 

 picking huckleberries. There is good horse feed at both ends of the lake and 

 excellent spring water at the public camp grounds. A community of summer 

 homes is growing up under permit of the Forest Ser\dce and this bids fair to be- 

 come one of the most popular outing places in southern Oregon. 



There are 39 lots surveyed along the lake shore which, with one exception, 

 have 100 feet frontage and 200 feet depth and rent for $5 per annum. 



Another even more famous huckleberry ground is on Huckleberry ]\Iountain. 

 This is a large flat-topped mountain on which huckleberries are especially plentiful. 

 The camp grounds are reached by trail from the east, via Sevenmile Creek, or from 

 the west via a trail branching off the Rogue River Road. In seasons of plentiful 

 crops of huckleberries the camp grounds may have a shifting population of between 

 1,000 and 2,000 campers. For this reason the camp ground is called "Huckleberry 

 City." There is good water here, and pasturage for grazing is reserved for the free 

 use of campers. 



One of the most picturesque regions on the Crater Forest is Blue Canyon, 

 north of Mount McLoughlin. This is a box-walled valley wdth level floor on the 

 summit of the Cascade Range Plateau. It contains a number of small lakes in 

 tall subalpine timber, through which travel is comparatively easy. Fishing and 

 deer hunting are good in Blue Canyon, especially because it is so remote that it is 

 not visited often by sportsmen. It is accessible by trail either from the east or west. 



The more remote regions, where fewer people have been, naturally have more 

 game and fish; and those who want game or mountain scenery, or the life of the 

 forest far from the conventionalities of civilization, wall take a pack train and 

 strike for the higher divides. Trips along the high summits of the main divides 

 may be made with very little discomfort. There are good trails along most of the 

 summits, the woods are open and easy to get around in, and there is ample forage 

 for horses. One can travel by trail from Lake of the Woods to Fourmile Lake, 

 thence to Long Lake and to Big Meadows, thence along the backbone of the Cas- 



