Mary Minerva McCroskey State Park, dedicated in memory of pioneer women, has a forested skyline drive with spectacular views of forest, farms, and distant mountains. Virgil T. McCroskey devoted his life to preserving trees and scenery. After purchasing and donating 4,500 acres of cedar, pine and fir, he had developed and endowed the state park by 1954. He lived to age 95 and maintained and enlarged it for 16 more years.