Klamath Agency is an unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, United States,[1] on Oregon Route 62 where Agency Creek enters Crooked Creek.[2]
Klamath Agency, Oregon | |
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.jpg) Klamath Indian Agency in 1915 | |
  Klamath Agency Location within Oregon and the United States  Klamath Agency Klamath Agency (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 42°37′05″N 121°56′02″W / 42.61806°N 121.93389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Klamath |
| Elevation | 4,180 ft (1,270 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
Klamath Agency was an Indian agency for the Klamath Indian Reservation established May 12, 1866, on the shore of Agency Lake.[3] The current site of the former agency is 3 miles (5 km) north of that location.[3] The Klamath Reservation was terminated in 1961, but the community at Klamath Agency still exists.[3] Klamath Agency post office was established in 1878 and ran until 1965, when the mail was instead routed to Chiloquin.[3]
In 1870, there was a sawmill at the agency; it burned down in 1911.[4] In the 1890s, Klamath Agency was the site of two Indian boarding schools—one for boys and one for girls.[5]
In 1945, Ray Enouf Field was dedicated at the agency. The airfield was named in honor of the only Klamath Indian to die in World War II.[6] Raymond L. Enouf was a Marine private first class, who was killed while acting as a medic in the front lines during the Battle of Iwo Jima.[6]
The Klamath Agency is now home of the Sage Community Charter School.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Klamath Agency". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
- ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (1st ed.). Freeport, Maine: DeLorme. 1991. p. 30. ISBN 0-89933-235-8.
- ^ a b c d McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 540–541. ISBN 978-0875952772.
- ^ Most, Steven (2003). "Subtopic : Putting Nature to Work: Running the Mill". Retrieved January 10, 2010.
- ^ "J. O. Lewis Photographs, PC 124". J. O. Lewis Collection of Photographs of Native American Schools, ca. 1895-1900. Washington State University. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
External links
edit- Historic image of Klamath Agency from Salem Public Library
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