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This national wildlife refuge, established in 1908, was the first large block of public land set aside for wildlife management purposes. Because of its origins in the Klamath Basin reclamation project, it became an ongoing example of the tensions between conservation and commercial demands in public land management. [9] 21: Warren Mills House
Map of Klamath County A panoramic view of Klamath County, Oregon, with Klamath Lake in the background. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 6,136 square miles (15,890 km 2), of which 5,941 square miles (15,390 km 2) is land and 194 square miles (500 km 2), or 3.2%, is water. [5]
Klamath Falls (/ ˈ k l æ m ə θ / 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]
Location of Klamath Indian Reservation Map of Klamath Indian Reservation. The present-day Klamath Indian Reservation consists of twelve small non-contiguous parcels of land in Klamath County. [27] These fragments are generally located in and near the communities of Chiloquin and Klamath Falls. Their total land area is 308 acres (1.248 km 2).
The forest is located 40 miles (64 km) north of Klamath Falls, Oregon near the southeastern corner of Crater Lake National Park. It is the largest single block of Oregon state forestry land east of the Cascade Mountains. The forest is managed as part of the Klamath-Lake District, comprising 21,317 acres (8,627 ha) of the 33,739 state-owned ...
The region covers 784 square miles (2,030 km 2) in Oregon, south of Klamath Falls in the Lost River watershed, a mixture of public and private land. Contiguous areas in California have not been mapped yet. [1] [2]
Altamont is located in southern Klamath County at 4,144 feet (1,263 m) above sea level. [7] It is bordered to the north and west by the city of Klamath Falls, the county seat . Oregon Route 39 passes through the center of the community as South 6th Street and the Crater Lake Parkway, while Oregon Route 140 (Southside Expressway) runs along the ...
It then included the present Klamath County and all of the present Lake County except Warner Valley. In 1882, land was assigned to create Klamath County, and in 1885 the Warner area from Grant County was added. Linkville, now Klamath Falls, was the first county seat. [12] M. Bullard gave 20 acres (81,000 m 2) as the Lakeview townsite. By the ...