[or-roots] Casey State Park

[Don & Ev]

I am hoping someone out there can give me some additional info....I would 
like to know  the full name of this J. A. Casey that the park was named 
after...I got the following info, but what does the J. and A. stand for, 
John, Jack, Joe or???
 Thank you~
Evelyn

Casey State Park is 80.63 acres located in Jackson County, on Oregon Highway 
62, 29 miles northeast of Medford. The area was acquired between 1937 and 
1975.

The first track was an 80-acre recreational and park purposes patent from 
the U.S. Government and the last a lease of 0.5 acres from the Army Corps of 
Engineers.
J.A. Casey, for whom the park is named, was a squatter on the area when it 
was government land. He had a small restaurant and other buildings on the 
property.

Information taken from:
Oregon's Highway and Park System
         1921-1989
An Administrative History