Brushy Bar Creek
The place
Brushy Bar Creek in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness, Cave Junction/Selma area (Josephine County, Oregon, USA), at 141 m elevation, Klamath Mountains. Continuous USA cluster (batches 267-323). A shelter on the Rogue River Trail (65 km, one of the oldest National Wild and Scenic Rivers, 1968), a zone of Kalmiopsis leachiana, an endemic rhododendron dating back 76,000 years, heritage of the Takelma (Rogue River War 1855-56, a genocide by settlers/miners following the 1852 gold rush).
The setting
Kalmiopsis Wilderness Cave Junction/Selma Josephine County Oregon USA 141 m Klamath, continuous cluster batches 267-323, Rogue River Trail 65 km Wild and Scenic 1968, Kalmiopsis leachiana endemic 76,000 years, Takelma Rogue River War 1855-56 genocide gold rush 1852.