Scope and Contents note From the Collection: The collection focuses on the connections between the Klamath Indian Reservation and the local timber industry in the twentieth century. Series I: Klamath Indian Reservation and Winema National Forest includes correspondence, legislation and hearing reports, and newspaper articles about the creation of the Winema National Forest from Klamath Indian Reservation lands. Series II: Klamath Basin Timber Industry includes a speech given by Laurence L. Shaw about the local timber industry from 1935...

Abstract

Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral (1540-1596), was a pre-eminent English navigator, politician, and civil engineer of the Elizabethan age. Collection contains stories on the hoax, concerning his brass plate, supposedly found in San Francisco in 1936.