High Desert Roses: Significant Stories from Central Oregon

Through painstaking research, Melany Tupper has succeeded in giving the people of Oregon’s north Lake County back some of their history. This first volume of High Desert Roses is a collection of twenty feature stories written by Tupper and published in newspapers around the region beginning in the year 2000. Tupper is a serious researcher with an intimate knowledge of libraries and archives around Oregon, and her writing comes out of a rare form of consciousness, the end product of which is keenly insightful and anything but superficial. This book reveals surprising and little-known facts and history of central Oregon’s high desert, and features interviews with local people, and scientists and experts from several disciplines. Find the truth about the legend of the Lost Crystal Cave. Discover why the military built a radar base in Lake County. Learn about the best paleo site since the Labrea Tar Pits. Gain insights about where John Fremont cached his lost cannon. Trace the footsteps of astronauts exploring Lake County’s craters.