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==Name==
==Name==
The name Mazamas means [[mountain goat]], from [[Nahuatl]] ''mazatl'', deer.<ref>See [[wikt:mazatl|mazatl]] (Wiktionary)</ref> [[Mount Mazama]], the collapsed volcano that formed [[Crater Lake]], is located in Oregon and was named after the organization on August 21, 1896 while on their annual outing.<ref name=ChristenedMazama>{{cite news |last=Fuller |first=Fay |date=September 6, 1896 |title=Christened Mount Mazama |newspaper=Tacoma Ledger |location=Tacoma, WA}}</ref><ref name=MazamaHistory>{{cite journal |last=Gorman |first=M. W. |date=1897 |title=The Discovery and Early History of Crater Lake |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NK0WAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false |journal=Mazama |location=Porland, OR |publisher=Mazamas |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=150-161 |access-date=February 24, 2016 }}</ref>{{citation needed | date=January 2015 | reason=This extraordinary claim needs to be cited; it is far more likely the club was named for the historical volcano.}} They also named the [[Mazama Glacier (Mount Adams)|Mazama Glacier]] on [[Mount Adams (Washington)|Mount Adams]] and the [[Mazama Glacier (Mount Baker)| Mazama Glacier]] on [[Mount Baker]] after themselves in 1895 and 1907 respectively.<ref name = Rusk>{{cite book| last = Rusk| first = Claude Ewing| title = Tales of a Western Mountaineer| publisher = The Mountaineers| edition = 1st| date = 1978| orig-year = 1924| location = Seattle, Washington| isbn = 0916890627}}</ref><ref name=GNIS>{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1522833 |title=Mazama Glacier |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website=Geographic Names Information System |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] |access-date=February 25, 2016 }}</ref>
The name Mazamas means [[mountain goat]], from [[Nahuatl]] ''mazatl'', deer.<ref>See [[wikt:mazatl|mazatl]] (Wiktionary)</ref> [[Mount Mazama]], the collapsed volcano that formed [[Crater Lake]], is located in Oregon and was named after the organization on August 21, 1896 while on their annual outing.<ref name=ChristenedMazama>{{cite news |last=Fuller |first=Fay |date=September 6, 1896 |title=Christened Mount Mazama |newspaper=Tacoma Ledger |location=Tacoma, WA}}</ref><ref name=MazamaHistory>{{cite journal |last=Gorman |first=M. W. |date=1897 |title=The Discovery and Early History of Crater Lake |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NK0WAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false |journal=Mazama |location=Porland, OR |publisher=Mazamas |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=150-161 |access-date=February 24, 2016 }}</ref><ref name=GNISMtMazama>{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1163671 |title=Mount Mazama |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website=Geographic Names Information System |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] |access-date=April 29, 2018 }}</ref> They also named the [[Mazama Glacier (Mount Adams)|Mazama Glacier]] on [[Mount Adams (Washington)|Mount Adams]] and the [[Mazama Glacier (Mount Baker)| Mazama Glacier]] on [[Mount Baker]] after themselves in 1895 and 1907 respectively.<ref name = Rusk>{{cite book| last = Rusk| first = Claude Ewing| title = Tales of a Western Mountaineer| publisher = The Mountaineers| edition = 1st| date = 1978| orig-year = 1924| location = Seattle, Washington| isbn = 0916890627}}</ref><ref name=GNIS>{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1522833 |title=Mazama Glacier |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website=Geographic Names Information System |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] |access-date=February 25, 2016 }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 22:38, 29 April 2018

Mazamas
FormationJuly 19, 1894; 130 years ago (1894-07-19)
FounderW. G. Steel and others
Founded atMount Hood, Oregon, US
TypeNon-profit mountaineering club
93-0408077
Legal status501(c)(3), NTEE Code C60
HeadquartersPortland, Oregon
Region
Oregon, Cascade Range
ProductsMazamas Magazine
Websitemazamas.org

The Mazamas (pronounced mah zah maz) is a mountaineering organization based in Portland, Oregon, US, founded in 1894.

Promotion of mountaineering

The climb of Mount Hood on July 19, 1894 when Mazmas was founded by 105 climbers including W. G. Steel (inset) [1]

The Mazamas has been an important part of the climbing community in the Pacific Northwest of the United States since its founding. The Mazamas is similar in its aims and activities to The Mountaineers of Seattle, Washington, which began in 1906 as an auxiliary of the Mazamas.[2]

The Mazamas offers more than 900 hikes and 350 climbs annually for more than 13,000 participants. A variety of classes and activities are offered for every skill and fitness level and are open to both members and nonmembers. The group also promotes mountaineering through education, climbing, hiking, fellowship, safety, and the protection of mountain environments.

Foundation

Mazmas was officially founded July 19, 1894 on the summit of Mount Hood by a group 105 of climbers. Members of the former Oregon Alpine Club, J. Francis Drake, Martin W. Gorman, Francis C. Little, William G. Steel, Charles H. Sholes, and Oliver C. Yocum, had planned the climb to found the new club and chosen the name on Mach 19.[3][4] The climbers had responded to an advertisement in the Morning Oregonian of June 12, 1894 announcing a meeting at the summit.[5] In all, 105 men and women were founders. Soon after, members made pioneering climbs throughout Oregon and Washington.[6]

Name

The name Mazamas means mountain goat, from Nahuatl mazatl, deer.[7] Mount Mazama, the collapsed volcano that formed Crater Lake, is located in Oregon and was named after the organization on August 21, 1896 while on their annual outing.[8][9][10] They also named the Mazama Glacier on Mount Adams and the Mazama Glacier on Mount Baker after themselves in 1895 and 1907 respectively.[11][12]

See also

References

  1. ^ Bell, Jon (March 17, 2018), "Mount Hood", Oregon Encyclopedia
  2. ^ E. S. Meany. "Mountaineering". University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections, Accesssion 106-70-12, Box 107/8. Edmond S. Meany Papers. Retrieved 2007-01-23.
  3. ^ Grauer, John Jack (March 17, 2018), "Mazmas", Oregon Encyclopedia
  4. ^ "History; Significant Mazama events", Mazmas.org {{citation}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  5. ^ "Mazamas—Your Adventure Starts Here". The Mazamas. Retrieved 2007-01-23.
  6. ^ Fred Beckey (1987). Cascade Alpine Guide, Volume I. The Mountaineers. ISBN 0-89886-127-6.
  7. ^ See mazatl (Wiktionary)
  8. ^ Fuller, Fay (September 6, 1896). "Christened Mount Mazama". Tacoma Ledger. Tacoma, WA.
  9. ^ Gorman, M. W. (1897). "The Discovery and Early History of Crater Lake". Mazama. 1 (2). Porland, OR: Mazamas: 150–161. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  10. ^ "Mount Mazama". Geographic Names Information System. USGS. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  11. ^ Rusk, Claude Ewing (1978) [1924]. Tales of a Western Mountaineer (1st ed.). Seattle, Washington: The Mountaineers. ISBN 0916890627.
  12. ^ "Mazama Glacier". Geographic Names Information System. USGS. Retrieved February 25, 2016.


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