Klamath Agency, Oregon

Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States

42°37′05″N 121°56′02″W / 42.61806°N 121.93389°W / 42.61806; -121.93389CountryUnited StatesStateOregonCountyKlamathElevation

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4,180 ft (1,270 m)Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)

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]

The Klamath Agency is now home of the Sage Community Charter School.

References

^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b "Indians in the War: 1945". United States Navy Historical Center. Archived from the original on April 7, 2010. Retrieved January 10, 2010.