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The Mazamas is a mountaineering organization based in Portland, Oregon, United States, founded in 1894.
A group of climbers ascending Cooper Spur, Mount Hood, July 19, 1894.
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Mazamas on the summit of Mount Hood, July 19, 1894.
Mazama women on the summit of Mt. McLoughlin, Aug. 16, 1896.
William Gladstone Steel
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William Gladstone Steel was an American journalist who was known for campaigning for 17 years for the United States Congress to designate Crater Lake as a National Park. Steel was from Ohio, and worke
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…near the hamlet of Government Camp at the base of Mount Hood. Despite the nasty weather, 155 men and 38 women reached the summit, where they elected William G. Steel as the society's first president. With 105 charter members, the Mazamas became the fifth active mountaineering club in the United States at that time…
Steel is known as "Father of Crater Lake"