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Rocky Point, Oregon

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934: 69: 99: 247:. The first post office in the area was named Pelican; it was established in 1888 and stayed open until 1907. Another post office in the area was called Lawrentz after Martha A. Lawrentz, the postmaster; it ran from 1894 to 1895. The Recreation post office ran from 1913 until February 11, 1924, when the name was changed to Pelican Bay. The name was changed to Rocky Point on June 30, 1924. Rocky Point post office ran until 1947, when the name was changed to 52: 106: 76: 261:
Harriman Springs Resort was purchased by Edward Harriman in 1906. It was first named the Pelican Bay Lodge, built in 1889, and renamed Harriman Lodge by Edward Harriman. The original lodge burned in 1942 and was rebuilt in 1953. Among Harriman's guests was naturalist
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Rocky Point has long been the site of a lakeside fishing resort of summer-only residents starting in the late 19th century, including wealthy
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that operated for several years. Today large-scale logging operations no longer occur in the federally managed timberlands of the region.
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This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the
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overland. Klamath Lake continued to be a favorite summer retreat for San Francisco's upper class through the 1930s.
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was once an important part of the area's economy, starting in the early 1900s. There was a sawmill in nearby
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The Upper Klamath Canoe Trail is accessed at Rocky Point. The 9.5-mile (15.3 km) trail through a
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would travel to Rocky Point from Klamath Falls where they would meet the Crater Lake automobile
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There was an earlier Harriman post office, also named for Edward Harriman, in
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34 (Westside Road or Klamath County Highway 531). It is within the
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story about the Rev. Charles W. Aked fishing at Harriman Lodge
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line, which transported passengers to complete the trip to
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Rock Point, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Upper Klamath Lake Canoe Trail near Rocky Point
Rocky Point is located in Oregon
Rocky Point is located in the United States
42°28′50″N 122°5′3″W / 42.48056°N 122.08417°W / 42.48056; -122.08417
United States
Oregon
County
Klamath
unincorporated community
Klamath County
Oregon
Upper Klamath Lake
Klamath Falls
Oregon Route 140
Forest Highway
Winema National Forest
San Franciscans
Herbert Fleishhacker
railroad magnate
Edward H. Harriman
John Muir
Point Comfort Lodge
National Register of Historic Places
brothel
steamboats
stage
Crater Lake
logging

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