Oregon and California, a map, compiled in 1838, gives the name Far West Mountains. See Bancroft's History of Oregon, volume I, page 164, note.
As far as the writer knows, but one tribe of Indians had a name for the Cascade Range as such. The Klamath Indians called it Yamakiasham Yaina, literally "mountains of the northern people."
Cascade Range is the official form of name adopted by the United States Geographic Board and the feature to which it applies extends from Canada to the gap south of Lassen Peak in California. The Cascade Range is essentially volcanic in character and particularly in Oregon and in northern California its crest is made up of the remnants of a series if giant volcanoes. The Cascade Range differs essentially in construction and in origin from the Sierra Nevada of California and there is no connection between the two structurally or otherwise. The highest point in the Cascade Range in Oregon is Mt. Hood, with an elevation of 11,225 feet and the lowest pass is the gorge of the Columbia River. The important routes of travel through the Cascade Range in Oregon include the Columbia River Highway at water level, the Mt. Hood Loop Highway, which in certain sections follows closely the Barlow Road, and the Santiam Highway, which is the modern name for the Willamette Valley and Cascade Mountain Military Road. This road crosses the Cascade Range just north of Mt. Washington. Next to the south is the McKenzie Highway, which is improved over the Cascade Range throughout its entire length. The Willamette Highway or the old Oregon Central Military Road crosses the Cascade Range at Summit Lake, at an elevation of 5600. It is possible to cross the Cascade Range just north of Crater Lake, and on an improved highway at Crater Lake. The Green Springs Mountain Road from Ashland to Klamath Falls is now completely improved. The United States Forest Service
