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== Legacy ==
[[File:View from Victor Rock.jpg|thumb|Victor View, a viewpoint at Crater Lake, was formally named in 1945. Fuller Victor visited Crater Lake in 1872.]]
Fuller Victor was buried at [[River View Cemetery (Portland, Oregon)|River View Cemetery]] in Portland. The initial grave marker was made of wood, and did not last long. In 1947, the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]] supplied a permanent grave marker. Fuller Victor's name was included among the names of significant Oregonians on the walls of the [[Oregon State Capitol]], which was completed in 1938.<ref name=trails03>{{cite news |title=Oregon's Trails: A Slide into Obscurity, and Then Recognition |work=The Oregonian |date=January 26, 2003|first=John |last=Terry}}</ref> In 1945 [[Crater Lake National Park]] formalized the name of "Victor View," a viewpoint on the rim of the park, in her honor.<ref>[http://www.craterlakeinstitute.com/online-library/nature-notes/vol29-victor-rock-victor-view.htm Victor Rock/Victor View] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326210312/http://www.craterlakeinstitute.com/online-library/nature-notes/vol29-victor-rock-victor-view.htm |date=2015-03-26 }}, Crater Lake Institute, Vol. 29</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Postcards from the Rim |work=Klamath Falls Herald and News |date=26 April 2004 |first= Lee |last=Juillerat}}</ref>
 
In many respects, her legacy continued to be overshadowed by that of historian Hubert Howe Bancroft,<ref name=trails03 /> though her authorship was recognized by a number of authorities. [[Leslie M. Scott]], who served as editor of the ''Oregon Historical Quarterly'' and later as [[treasurer of Oregon]], suggested in a 1924 address that the ''History of Oregon'' she wrote while employed by Bancroft might be "the most monumental work on Oregon history."<ref>{{cite book|chapter=[[wikisource:en:Oregon Historical Quarterly/Volume 25/Oregonian History Writers and Their Materials|Oregon History Writers and Their Materials]] |first=Leslie M. |last=Scott | title=Oregon Historical Quarterly |volume=25 |year=1924 }}</ref> She was included (along with several other women) in a list of "Noted Leaders of the Oregonian's First 100 Years" in 1950.<ref>{{cite news |title=Frances Fuller Victor (1826-1902), Historian Who Told Thrilling Story of Old Oregon |work=The Oregonian |date=December 12, 1950}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Noted Leaders of the Oregonian's First 100 Years |work=The Oregonian| date=December 31, 1950}}</ref>