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Officially established in 1908 as Winema National Forest, the park was named after a Modoc Native American, Toby “Winema” Riddle. Winema was a nickname that roughly translates to “woman chief.” Toby was a prominent leader among her people and played a critical role as an interpreter for the U.S. Army in the 1870s and 1880s. She was one of the few Native Americans to receive an Army pension. In the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps, operating under President Roosevelt’s New Deal program, blazed hundreds of miles of trails, laid down roads, and built cabins and lean-tos. Many of these amenities are still used by visitors to this day. Now known as Fremont-Winema National Forest (as of 2002), Winema National Forest often is referred to as Oregon’s outback due to its extremely rugged terrain.