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The newspaper article credits Smith with "discovering" the rock. Another story claims the rock was named after a soldier named Smith who fell to his death from the rock in 1863 while his unit was camped nearby. [2] [3] The State of Oregon obtained the park property between 1960 and 1975 from the City of Redmond and Harry and Diane Kem. [4]
Smith Rock State Park, off U.S. Route 97 about 3 miles (5 km) east of Terrebonne, [21] has thousands of rock climbing routes as well as hiking and biking trails in a rugged canyon setting. [19] The ancestral Crooked River helped create the crags and pinnacles in this park by eroding the interior of a volcanic vent over millions of years. [21]
Smith Rock may refer to: . Smith Rock State Park, a park in Central Oregon, U.S., famous for rock climbing; Smith Rock Shelter, limestone overhang in McKinney Falls State Park near Austin, Texas, U.S.
It is located in Central Oregon east of Terrebonne, Oregon and often used as a campground for people who are visiting Smith Rock State Park. [1] [2] History
The variety of locales and amenities of the parks reflect the diverse geography of Oregon, including beaches, forests, lakes, rock pinnacles, and deserts. The state parks offer many outdoor recreation opportunities, such as overnight camping facilities, day hiking, fishing, boating, historic sites, astronomy, and scenic rest stops and viewpoints.
The Crooked River caldera is a large and ancient volcano that straddles three central Oregon counties. The diameter of the caldera is about 41 by 27 kilometres (25 mi × 17 mi) and is notable for the welded tuff present at Gray Butte, Smith Rock, Powell Buttes, Grizzly Mountain and Barnes Butte. The volcano is considered extinct and last ...
The first documented commercial film made in Oregon was a short silent film titled The Fisherman's Bride, shot in Astoria by the Selig Polyscope Company, and released in 1909. [2] Another documentary short, Fast Mail, Northern Pacific Railroad , was shot in Portland in 1897.
While other Oregon volcanoes that were heavily glaciated—such as Mount Washington and Mount Thielsen—display eroded volcanic necks, Three Fingered Jack's present summit is a comparatively narrow ridge of loose tephra supported by a dike only 10 feet (3.0 m) thick on a generally north–south axis. Glaciation exposed radiating dikes and ...