High Desert Roses, Volume Two: Lake County for the Curious

With this second volume of the popular High Desert Roses series, Melany Tupper shares her love of central Oregon history, recreation, and curious legends. Carefully researched and photographed stories from her work as a newspaper correspondent include: an expedition to find Crack-in-the-Ground's lesser known twin fault; a search for the identity of the heroic rider of the Christmas Eve Fire of 1894; a very comic look at a fire lookout rental; a search for lost cliff dwellings in southeast Oregon; discovery of the site of the first major sheep kill in central Oregon's range war period; the origin and evolution of the Lava Bear legend; a serious look at the archeological significance of Fort Rock Cave and those famous sandals; a detailed look at the Japanese Fu-go balloon explosion near Bly; and the evidence for the prior existence of the mighty Thunderbird in the Great Basin. Modern history is covered too, in a look ahead at the future of utility-scale solar farms and the all-too-recent dumping of toxic chemicals at Alkali Lake. A great book for anyone looking for in-depth knowledge of central Oregon.