Author: Stephen R. Mark

Book Description
Reviews the history of the Oregon Caves National Monument. Includes all the details, including the discovery, behind what is known today as the Oregon Caves National Monument.

Softcover: 238 pages
Publisher: National Park ServiceBook Review
Domain of the Cavemen gives an excellent history of the development, progress, and protection of what is now known at the Oregon Caves National Monument. Written by historian Stephen R. Mark, it is described as a historic research study, which it certainly is, but it flows very easily for the casual reader as well.

It starts with how much of the exploration and westward expansion skipped over the Illinois Valley in Josephine County due to its' wild and rugged terrain. It moves through the history of Elijah Davidson's discovery of the cave, to individuals trying to lay claim to the cave, on to dismissal of the caves as being "insignificant", to finally setting the area aside as a National Monument, and recognition of the treasure that the Oregon Caves really are.