Klamath Agency, Oregon
Klamath Agency is an unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, United States on Oregon Route 62 where Agency Creek enters the Crooked River.[1]
Klamath Agency was an Indian agency for the Klamath Indian Reservation established May 12, 1866 on the shore of Agency Lake.[2] The current site of the former agency is three miles north of that location.[2] The Klamath Reservation was terminated in 1961, but the community at Klamath Agency still exists.[2] Klamath Agency post office was established in 1878 and ran until 1965, when the mail was instead routed to Chiloquin.[2]
In 1870 there was a sawmill at the agency; it burned down in 1911.[3] In the 1890s, Klamath Agency was the site of two Indian boarding schools—one for boys and one for girls.[4]
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.[5] 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.[5]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Klamath Agency". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
- ^ a b c d McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 540–541. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956.
- ^ Most, Steven (2003). "Subtopic : Putting Nature to Work: Running the Mill". Retrieved 2010-01-10.
- ^ "J. O. Lewis Photographs, PC 124". J. O. Lewis Collection of Photographs of Native American Schools, ca. 1895-1900. Washington State University. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
External links[edit]
- Historic image of Klamath Agency from Salem Public Library
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Coordinates: 42°37′05″N 121°56′02″W / 42.618191°N 121.933907°W
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