The proposed development area is located on a sagebrush knoll in the southwest one-quarter of the property and extends north-eastwards down onto a greasewood-rabbitbrush-saltgrass flat. Elevation ranges from 4,473 to 4,880 feet in the proposed impact area. Ground visibility was generally good throughout the project area. The Oregon Central Military Road, now used as the major access road in the area, runs through the parcel and portions of the proposed development; the area has been grazed by livestock. No other major disturbances were evident.

* “Of particular interest in the area of the proposed development project is the history of the Oregon Central Military Road. The US Congress granted vast lands to the state of Oregon, which in turn granted 1,920 acres of land for each one mile of road built between Eugene, Oregon and Boise, Idaho to the Oregon Central Military Road Company. By 1867 the road had been constructed over the Cascades. However, instead of moving due east towards Fort Boise, the road turned south along the Williamson and Sprague River valleys.” *

* “The road company continued farther east with its route, passing down Drews Creek, moving through the north end of the Goose Lake Valley, passing through the Warner Mountains and entering the Warner Valley just west of Crump Lake. The road then crossed the north end of Hart Lake, passed south of Mount Warner (Hart Mountain) and moved on east to eventually complete a 420 mile route to Fort Boise (Huber and Maxwell 1904)” *

* “The “Stone Bridge” site just north of the project was constructed by George Crook, US Army in 1867. In pursuit of the Indians, Crook entered the Warner Valley from atop Hart Mountain. Crook wrote:” *

* “This lake was some 70 miles long and 15 miles wide, but opposite to where I was encamped it narrowed down to about three or four hundred yards in width. Here I commenced building a stone causeway across this narrow neck...This causeway was afterwards made wide enough for wagons to pass, which made a great saving in distance, besides a great convenience. (cited in Minor et al. 1979: 172)” *

Petrogliphs and pictograph information listed on survey map. For a survey layout, click here.

 *Quoted from archeological/histrorical Oregon resource.