Presentation: John Leiberg’s Botanical Explorations in Southern Oregon 1894-1896
Southern Oregon University 1250 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland, ORJohn B. Leiberg was a Swedish immigrant who homesteaded in northern Idaho in 1885. After gaining a reputation for his knowledge of the flora of the Intermountain West, government agencies dispatched Leiberg to eastern Oregon in 1894 and 1896, where his duties extended to a preliminary survey of what later became the Siskiyou National Forest.