PLSO The Oregon Surveyor November December 2020

24 Vol. 43, No. 6 The Oregon Surveyor  | The Lost Surveyor Continued from previous page T Klamath Falls at about 3 p.m. on amission to touch five states (including Oregon) in one weekend. We first headed east to Bo - nanza and then dropped south across the California line. Here we found a corner for the state line and watched California firefighters performing controlled burns in the National Forest. Arriving at Lakeview, Oregon, via Dog Lake and Drews Reservoir, we continued east via Warner Pass and the Warner Valley to Denio, Nevada. FromDenio we found our way north to Fields, Oregon. Continuing on along the Alvord Desert, past Mickey Hot Springs and then east, cross country, to the Pillars of Rome and Jordan Valley, Oregon where we first crossed the Ida - ho state line. North of Jordan Valley we visited Leslie Gulch, a must-see of Oregon splendor, and then headed north to Homedale, Idaho. To complete the five-state goal, we finally crossed intoWashington at The Dalles. Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho, and Washington and home to Portland by Sunday night. What a trip that was! Leaving Lakeview, we spent a chilly night in the back of the truck near the summit of Warner Pass. We had icicles dangling from the bed cover above our noses when we woke in the morning and snow in the Warner Valley as we passed through the next day. Who knew that in 2020 the rela- tionship of Alcatraz to southeast Oregon would be discovered and that this cold night was a key piece of the puzzle? Alcatraz. First documented in 1769, the island was the subject of several early disputes of ownership between the U.S., Mexico, and a governor of California. The disputes continued into the mid-1800s and were eventually settled by the courts. Through history, Alcatraz held both mil- itary prisoners and some of America’s most notorious federal prisoners. It func- tioned as a federal penitentiary from1934 to 1963. Although the island was said to be inescapable, there were numerous es- cape attempts with the most well-known in 1962. That attempt was memorialized by Clint Eastwood in “Escape from Alca- traz.” It has been proven several times that the swim from Alcatraz to the main- land is possible, however, the inmates in the 1962 escape were never found. Due to boundary disputes, and planning for lighthouses and military fixtures, the U.S. Army directed a survey to be com- pleted in May 1847. This survey was extremely detailed and published with few edits or corrections. After Alcatraz the Army surveyor surveyed the Presidio in San Francisco before being transferred to Sacramento. While in Sacramento, Pillars of Rome