Owl Ridge Trails Report

Bob Tom, Don Day, and Wayne Giesy at Gordon Meadows, June 17, 2007.

Location and Documentation of
Primary Travel, Trade, and Resource Use Trails of the Santiam Molalla
in the South Santiam River and Blue River, Oregon Headwaters, from 1750 to 1850

Final Report by Dr. Bob Zybach
Program Manager, Oregon Websites and Watersheds Project, Inc.
Prepared for David Lewis, Cultural Resources Director,
and for the Tribal Council of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
June 30, 2008

Winner of 2009 Oregon Heritage Excellence Award

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Gordon Meadows Restoration Plan

Elders at Gordon Meadows	Location of Study Area	Santiam Molalla Trail Network	Predictive Map Development
Fishing Rock	Dobbins Creek Falls	Bear Pass	Old-Growth
Camas Prairie	Blue Huckleberries	Beargrass Meadow	Elk and Willow
Cascadia Cave	Unnamed Rock	Wolf Rock	Future Generations

CITATION: Zybach, Bob 2008. Owl Ridge Trails Report: Location and Documentation of Primary Travel, Trade, and Resource Use Trails of the Santiam Molalla in the South Santiam River and Blue River, Oregon Headwaters, from 1750 to 1850. Report prepared for Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde by Oregon Websites & Watersheds Project, Inc., Philomath, Oregon. June 30: 86 pp. [PDF: 30.7 mb].

Cover, Mission Statements, Acknowledgements, Table of Contents, Executive Summary	PDF_1.86_mb.
Mission Statements & Acknowledgements
Executive Summary
1. Santiam Molalla History, Culture, and Geography	PDF_11.75_mb
Map 1. Location of Owl Ridge Trails Project to western Oregon ceded lands
2. Project Research Methods and Boundaries
Map 2. Annotated fragment of 1907 GLO map of Tsp. 15 S., Rng. 4 E. Map 3. Annotated fragment of 1895 GLO map of Tsp. 15 S., Rng. 4 E. Map 4. Annotated fragment of 1901 USDI map of central Oregon Cascades Figure 1. Excerpt from 1903 USDI Plummer report re: Tsp. 14 S., Rng. 5 E. Figure 2. View east from Cone Peak, July 1902 Figure 3. View south from Cone Peak, July 1902 Figure 4. View from Iron Mountain, northeast to south, September 1933 Figure 5. View from Twin Buttes, south to northwest, September 1933 Table 1. Repeat aerial photography of Latiwi Mountain Trail, 1946-1981 Table 2. Owl Ridge Trails Project 2007 field surveyors
3. Named Rivers, Creeks, Peaks, Other Landmarks, and Destinations	PDF_4.78_mb
Table 3. Santiam Molalla landmarks
4. Primary Trail Network and Seasonal Use Patterns
Map 5. Index map of 32 named Santiam Molalla primary foot-trail segments Table 4. Relative elevations of key Santiam Molalla locations
5. Cultural Plant Use and Management	PDF_3.92_mb
Table 5. Typical Santiam Molalla plant products Table 6. Relative elevations of principal Santiam Molalla cultural plants
6. Fish and Game Products
Table 7. Local South Santiam River and Blue River wildlife species
7. Summary of General Findings	PDF_2.63_mb
Figure 6. Human presence on the South Santiam River
8. Discussion, Hypotheses & Recommendations
Table 8. Recommendations
References and Appendices	PDF_4.35_mb
Appendix A. Names on the Land and Waters Map 6. Index of Landmark Names in Owl Ridge Trails Project area
Appendix B. Santiam Molalla Destinations and Foot-Trail Routes
Appendix C. Local Names for Plants Used by Santiam Molalla
Appendix D. GPS Photo Points and Santiam Molalla Land Use Rankings Map 7. Index of GPS photo points in Owl Ridge Trails Project area
Appendix E. ORWW.org Aerial Photographs/South Santiam Headwaters /1944-1981 Landscapes
Appendix F. ORWW.org Osbornes_Project/South Santiam Headwaters/1934-1937 Landscapes
Appendix G. ORWW.org/Documentary Photographs/South Santiam River/Canyon_Creek 2007

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