This sign is located at the Fish Lake Viewpoint off Ore Hwy 126.
Marker Name: History Is
Marker Text: Fish Lake is a place of fire and ice. You stand on a crust of both geology and history, a discrete moment in the story of this landscape. Pause a moment and contemplate the journey from the past to the future.
Here the landscape sounds the major theme, although humans have played more than a minor role. Native peoples may have witnessed the creation of the lake. They traveled a foot path over this pass which became the route of the commercial wagon road and was later replaced by the modern highway that brought you here.
At Fish Lake History is not was. History is. As you move through this landscape, respect the evidence that remains of the history that preceded us. Reflect on the evidence of your own time here. Your actions leave traces for the visitor tomorrow, as well as the traveler in some distant future.
Visit Instructions:
Include your thoughts and observations pertaining to this location and your visit. Provide any additional history that you are aware of that pertains to this location. If the marker commemorates a historic building tell us what it is used for now or share with us the circumstances of an earlier visit to bring this locations history to life.
Please upload a favorite photograph you took of the waymark. Although visiting this waymark in person is the only thing required of you to receive credit for your visit, taking the time to add this information is greatly appreciated.
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