Klamath Agency, Oregon

Klamath Agency
Unincorporated community

Klamath Indian Agency in 1915
Klamath Agency

Location within the state of Oregon

Coordinates: 42°37′05″N 121°56′02″W / 42.61806°N 121.93389°WCoordinates: 42°37′05″N 121°56′02″W / 42.61806°N 121.93389°W
Country United States
State Oregon
County Klamath
Elevation[1] 4,180 ft (1,270 m)
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)

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 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]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Klamath Agency". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1980-11-28. Retrieved 2013-08-30.
  2. ↑ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (1st ed.). Freeport, Maine: DeLorme. 1991. p. 30. ISBN 0-89933-235-8.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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.
  4. ↑ Most, Steven (2003). "Subtopic : Putting Nature to Work: Running the Mill". Retrieved 2010-01-10.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Indians in the War: 1945". United States Navy Historical Center. Retrieved 2010-01-10.

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