Summit Meadow

Emigrants called this place on Mt Hood "Summit Prairie" because of its size. What you see today, called "Summit Meadow," is one third the size of the original area.

In the 1840s and 50s, emigrants welcomed Summit Prairie as a place that offered the best forage and the largest area for grazing livestock since Tygh Valley.

A pioneer graveyard, remains of the emigrant toll house and the Summit House (a tourist concession built in the 1880s), and rocks covered with emigrant and turn-of-the-century graffiti stand on the edge of Summit Meadow.

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The Most Anticipated Upcoming Oregon Events Are: South Coast Writers Conference Gold Beach February 12 thru February 13 Traditions Holiday Celebrations Sunriver continuing thru January 1 10th Annual Magic at the Mill Salem December 19 thru December 23 Annual Rogue Valley Toy Run Medford December 5 Tree Lighting and Parade of Lights La Grande November 27

Other upcoming events include: 82nd Annual Yachats Ladies Club Christmas Bazaar Yachats December 5 thru December 6 Whale of a Christmas Depoe Bay December 5 Silver Falls Christmas Festival Sublimity December 12 thru December 13 Carriage Rides in the Old Mill District Bend continuing thru December 23 History of Communities on the Lower Umpqua River Reedsport continuing thru December 17