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Klamath Falls (/ ˈklæməθ / KLAM-əth) is a city in, and the county seat of, Klamath County, Oregon, United States. The city was originally called Linkville when George Nurse founded the town in 1867. It was named after the Link River, on whose falls the city was sited. The name was changed to Klamath Falls in 1893. [5]
October 15, 1966. ( #66000238) Lower Klamath Lake, east of Dorris, California (See also Siskiyou County, California .) 41°56′48″N 121°39′53″W. / 41.946667°N 121.664722°W / 41.946667; -121.664722 ( Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge) Worden. This national wildlife refuge, established in 1908, was the first large block ...
Klamath Falls Carnegie Library, opened 1914–1928, then used as high school library until 1957. Main Street Courthouse, destroyed after the 1993 Klamath Falls earthquakes damage. [11] White Pelican Hotel, burned in October, 1926. The site is now the location of the Balsiger Building.
Website. www.klamathcounty.org. Klamath County (/ ˈklæməθ / KLAM-əth) is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 69,413. [1] The county seat is Klamath Falls. [2] The county was named for the Klamath, [3] the tribe of Native Americans living in the area at the time the first European ...
The Klamath Mountains are a rugged and lightly-populated mountain range in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon in the western United States.As a mountain system within both the greater Pacific Coast Ranges and the California Coast Ranges, the Klamath Mountains have a varied geology, with substantial areas of serpentinite and marble, and a climate characterized by moderately cold ...
Fort Klamath was established in 1863, and was an important Army post during conflicts with the Klamath, Modoc, and Northern Paiute tribes. [2] The fort consisted of more than 50 buildings, including a sawmill. Four Modoc men, led by Kintpuash, were executed there in 1873 for the killing of General Edward Canby. Their graves remain at the fort.
Crater Lake (Klamath: Giiwas) [2] is a volcanic crater lake in south-central Oregon in the Western United States. It is the main feature of Crater Lake National Park and is famous for its deep blue color and water clarity. The lake partly fills a 2,148-foot-deep (655 m) caldera [3] that was formed around 7,700 (± 150) years ago [4] by the ...
Crater Lake–Klamath Regional Airport (Klamath Falls Airport) (IATA: LMT[2], ICAO: KLMT, FAA LID: LMT) is a public use airport in Klamath County, Oregon, United States, five miles southeast of Klamath Falls, which owns it. [1] It is used by general aviation, military aviation and a few airline flights. In 2013, the name of the airport was ...