Claiming the Desert

Historical marker location:

Fort Rock, Oregon

( Marker is on Old Fort Rock Road (County Route 5-10) west of County Route 5-13, on the right when traveling east.)

The Tillamook Burn was a series of devastating wildfires that occurred in the Oregon Coast Range between 1933 and 1951. The fires burned over 355,000 acres of forest and led to the formation of the Tillamook State Forest.