Ohio native William Gladstone Steel helped create Crater Lake National Park, where the lake is most famous for what?
William Gladstone Steel William Gladstone Steel (September 7, 1854 – October 21, 1934), called the "father of Crater Lake", referring to the creation of Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, United States. A native of Ohio, he worked in the newspaper business before becoming a mail carrier. He campaigned Congress for 17 years to designate Crater Lake as a national park.
Christmas Valley Sand Dunes The Christmas Valley Sand Dunes are a natural sand dune complex covering 11000 acre of public lands east of Christmas Valley in Lake County, Oregon, United States, about 100 mi southeast of Bend. The area is accessible via the Christmas Valley National Back Country Byway. The dunes are up to 60 ft high. It is the largest inland shifting sand dune system in the Pacific Northwest. The dunes are composed mostly of ash and pumice from the eruption of Mount Mazama that formed Crater Lake 7,000 years ago. Approximately 8900 acre of dunes are open to vehicles.