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  Klamath County, California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Klamath County was a county of California from 1851 to 1874.
It was formed from the northwestern portion of Trinity County, and originally included all of the northwestern part of the state, from the Mad River in the south to Oregon in the north, from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the middle of what is now Siskiyou County in the east.
In 1854 the county seat was moved to Crescent City, because of its larger population.
bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/k/kl/klamath_county__california.html   (177 words)

  
 Klamath County, Oregon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Klamath County is a county located in the state of Oregon.
The county was named for the tribe of Native Americans living in the area at the time the first white explorers entered the region, the Klamaths.
In the county, the population is spread out with 25.80% under the age of 18, 8.60% from 18 to 24, 25.50% from 25 to 44, 25.20% from 45 to 64, and 14.90% who are 65 years of age or older.
lakeoswego.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Klamath_County,_Oregon   (984 words)

  
 Klamath County History
Klamath County was established on October 17, 1882.
The county is bounded on the south by California, on the east by Lake County, on the north by Deschutes County, and on the west by Jackson and Douglas Counties.
The 2000 population of 63,775 represented a 10.52% increase from 1990.
arcweb.sos.state.or.us /county/cpklamathhome.html   (722 words)

  
 Klamath Wild and Scenic River, Oregon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Klamath River is in Klamath County 25 miles to the southwest of Klamath Falls in south-central Oregon.
The Klamath River is one of only three rivers that bisect the Cascade Mountain Range, flowing from the high-desert interior through coastal rain forest to the Pacific Ocean.
This trout population thrives to the extent that the Klamath is considered to be one of the finest fisheries in a state known for its fishing.
www.nps.gov /rivers/wsr-klamath-oregon.html   (914 words)

  
 Klamath Falls, Oregon (Cities)
Klamath Falls is the seat of Klamath County in southwest Oregon, at the southern tip of Upper Klamath Lake.
The 1900 Klamath irrigation project and arrival of the railroad in 1909 spurred its growth from a little settlement to a bustling city.
Klamath Lake is one of the largest bodies of fresh water in the state.
www.ohwy.com /or/k/klamathf.htm   (204 words)

  
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According to Stern (1965), the Klamath lived in a relatively isolated position, with the Cascades on the west, hills on the south and east, and rather harsh territory on the north.
In 1864, the Klamath ceded most of their land to the U.S. Government and, with the Modoc and Paiute, were placed on the Klamath Reservation.
The cultural position of the Klamath was the subject of much debate among the authors of the 1930s, when tracing origins and the diffusion of cultural elements was a primary concern of anthropologists.
lucy.ukc.ac.uk /EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7853   (965 words)

  
 1998 NAC 104 Klamath County and Klamath County Peace Officers Association
Klamath County, hereinafter referred to as the County, is a County in southern Oregon with a population of 61,200.
Klamath County Peace Officers' Association, hereinafter referred to as the Association, is a labor organization representing employees in the Sheriff's Office in the following classifications: Patrol Deputy, Corrections Officers, Clerk I (Record Clerk and/or Jail Clerk), Clerk II, Civil Deputy, Senior Civil Deputy, and Corrections Nurse.
Clatsop County is located in the northwest corner of the state at the Oregon Coast at the mouth of the Columbia River, and Yamhill County lies adjacent to Washington and Clackamas Counties within commuting distance of Portland and is significantly affected by the metropolitan labor market.
www.lawmemo.com /arb/award/1998/104.htm   (14922 words)

  
 Herald and News: Klamath Falls, Oregon
When Klamath County sheriff's deputies arrived at the scene Sept. 1, his mother's bottom lip and left eye were swollen and bloody, Caleb said.
A longtime player in the Klamath Basin, the Oregon Tech junior had a breakout season this fall after she was moved to the front line by first-year coach Bryan Mueller.
Klamath Union senior Ellie Casey was named to the first team of the all-Southern Oregon Conference girls soccer side in voting by the league's coaches.
www.heraldandnews.com   (382 words)

  
 Klamath County Libraries - Services & Policies - Rules For Behavior
The mission of the Klamath County Library is to provide “open and equal access and guidance to information resources, literature, and ideas for all county residents.” The library welcomes everyone in the community to use and enjoy its facilities and services.
The Klamath County Public Library is pleased to provide to the public the information and communication resources of the Internet.
The request must be in writing and field at Klamath County Library within 48 hours (exclusive of weekends) of receipt of the notice.
www.lib.co.klamath.or.us /rulesforbehavior.html   (719 words)

  
 Klamath County Virtual Travel in 1757 images   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Klamath County covers 5,944 square miles in the volcanic Cascade Mountains in southern Oregon.
Numerous lakes are found in the county, including famous Crater Lake, occupying the collapsed cone of an ancient volcano.
Klamath County was organized in 1882 with the county seat at Klamath Falls.
www.untraveledroad.com /USA/Oregon/Klamath.htm   (127 words)

  
 Mail Tribune News - Klamath County hopes tech firms fill 'Silicon Basin'
The catch is a crucial one for Klamath County, which has long been desperate for new companies to fill the void left by the shrinking timber industry.
Caldwell introduced Escend to Klamath County last year while his software consulting firm was doing work for the company as a contractor.
There were also financial incentives: County officials promised to line up millions of dollars in federal, state and local funds to buy land and construct a building for Escend to lease.
www.mailtribune.com /archive/2000/may/051100n4.htm   (751 words)

  
 Klamath County Department of Tourism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Klamath County is home to Crater Lake National Park and sits directly under the Pacific Flyway.
The largest concentration of bald eagles in the lower 48 states winters in Klamath County, feeding on rodents and waterfowl.
Klamath Falls is one of the few towns in Oregon served by Amtrak.
klamathcounty.net /history.htm   (718 words)

  
 Fremont in Klamath County, Part Two   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Fremont had a notion of meeting up with his 1843 rendezvous in the Klamath area and of then crossing a pass to the Willamette Valley, thus establishing a better way of reaching the Willamette Valley than the Oregon Trail.
They then made their way along the west side of Upper Klamath Lake, finally camping at a point near where a few years later Forth Klamath would be established.
It is posssible that the Klamaths were seeking revenge for the massacre of their village by Fremont and his men.
home.comcast.net /~jcfremont/jcfklp3.htm   (2224 words)

  
 Klamath County, California
and acres of trees, mountains and streams, Trinity County covered the whole area from Mendocino County on the south, Shasta County on the east, the Pacific on the west and Oregon Territory on the north.
Land was split off of the northwestern area and the county of Klamath was created on the coast, extending from approximately the Mad River on the south to the Oregon Territory on the north, and east into the middle of what is now Siskiyou County.
On 28 May 1874, the state of California offically dissolved Klamath County, dividing the remaining area that had not already become a part of Del Norte County, between Humboldt and Siskiyou Counties.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~klamathcountycalif   (466 words)

  
 Klamath Tribes - History
The six tribes of the Klamaths were bound together by ties of loyalty and Family, they lived along the Klamath Marsh, on the banks of Agency Lake, near the mouth of the Lower Williamson River, on Pelican Bay, beside the Link River, and in the uplands of the Sprague River Valley.
The economy of Klamath County was sustained by it for decades.
In 1954, the Klamath Tribes were terminated from federal recognition as a tribe by an act of congress.
www.klamathtribes.org /history.html   (1041 words)

  
 Klamath National Forest - Welcome!
Bald eagle numbers remained steady throughout Siskiyou County this winter with the exception of the east side, according to results of the annual midwinter count...
The Klamath National Forest is pleased to announce that Christmas Tree and bough-collecting personal use permits will once again be available beginning Monday, October 24, 2005...
Over the next few years, the Klamath National Forest along with all the national forests in California will complete an inventory of all the roads, trails, and areas used by off-highway vehicles, identify a system of routes from that inventory, and designate those routes/areas for off-highway vehicle use.
www.r5.fs.fed.us /klamath   (515 words)

  
 MYTHS AND FACTS ABOUT THE KLAMATH WATER ISSUES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Furthermore, the farm economy is no longer the economic driving force in Klamath, Siskiyou or Modoc Counties, and the economy will not collapse, nor will the towns in the region become 'ghost towns' as claimed by irrigation interests, because of current water cutbacks.
Total personal income in Klamath County is now only 1% derived from farm and agricultural services, with 8% in Modoc County and 3% in Siskiyou County.
Myth: Klamath Basin farmers are feeding the waterfowl and other wildlife by using lands within the Klamath basin refuges for farming.
www.onrc.org /programs/klamath/myths.html   (2015 words)

  
 Klamath Falls Real Estate and Klamath Falls Homes for Sale in Klamath County, Oregon
Located about 20 miles north of the California/Oregon border, Klamath Falls is bordered by the Cascade Mountains on the east and by Upper Klamath Lake and Link River on the north and west.
City of Klamath Falls and the Klamath County School District serves over 6,500 students throughout the county.
Earl Perry is known around Klamath Falls for his energy and sense of humor.
www.klamath-falls-realestate.com   (663 words)

  
 Fremont in Klamath County, Part One   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He visited Oregon's Klamath County on two of these trips: on his way home from reaching the end of the Oregon Trail during his second expedition in 1843; and again on his third expedition in 1846 while stalling for time waiting for the Mexican War to begin.
Fremont thought he was near the heads of three great rivers - the Deschutes which flows northward to the Columbia, the Klamath which flows west to the sea north of the 42nd parallel (boundary between Oregon and Mexican California), and the Sacramento, which flows all the way to the bay of San Francisco.
Fremont's 1843 trip to Klamath and Lake Counties is commemorated by the Fremont National Forest and the Fremont Highway (state highway 31) which connects federal highways 97 and 395, cutting through northeast Klamath County and then passing Summer Lake and terminating at Lake Abert, both in Lake County.
home.comcast.net /~jcfremont/jcfklp2.htm   (2107 words)

  
 Klamath County Records Inventory
These documents were not required to be filed with the clerk and often included filings such as birth and marriage certificates of individuals who were born or married outside of the county but wanted the document to be filed in their county of residence.
In most counties, the board of county commissioners has assumed the administrative duties and responsibilities of the county court.
They were filed in the county of residence at the time of petition, not necessarily in the county of birth.
www.sos.state.or.us /archives/county/cpklamathdescrip1.html   (9252 words)

  
 Klamath County
Klamath Falls is the site of two rural community health clerkships in family medicine and six in pediatrics.
Health practitioners in Klamath County are among the first members of a new network designed to better target the specific health care needs of local communities.
HERO has collaborated with Klamath County to help recruit seven physicians and one nurse practitioner to serve residents in the Bly, Klamath Falls and Merrill areas.
www.ohsu.edu /ohsuedu/about/cofacts/klamath.cfm   (1939 words)

  
 Klamath Hospice: a special kind of caring
Nestled on the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountain range in south central Oregon, 20 miles from the California border, Klamath Falls is the county seat of Klamath County.
The county is home to approximately 70,000 residents, with 40,000 in the urban area.
There are a total of sixteen small communities in the Klamath Basin area including several communities in the Basin region of Northern California which Klamath Hospice services.
www.klamathhospice.org   (189 words)

  
 Klamath County School District Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Klamath County School District is located in Oregon's fourth largest county (in square miles).
Klamath County lies along the eastern slope of the Cascade Range.
Klamath Falls, the county seat, is home to the Klamath County School District offices, yet the majority of the schools in our district are outside the city.
admin.kcsd.k12.or.us   (149 words)

  
 Klamath County Fairground - History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Originally established in 1902 to house the annual county fair, today it serves the county in a much broader way...
In November 1998 the voters of Klamath County approved a $4.5million dollar bond to fund the construction of a 93,000 sq.
The Klamath County Fairgrounds is a County Department.
www.kcfairgrounds.org /history.html   (165 words)

  
 Walden (OR02) - Press Release - Walden Secures Key Transportation Infrastructure Investment for Klamath Basin in House ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
As frequently as I travel throughout the Klamath Basin to meet with residents, I have seen firsthand the need for these investments.
Congressman Walden represents the Second Congressional District of Oregon, which includes 20 counties in southern, central and eastern Oregon.
He is a Deputy Whip in the House leadership structure and a member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce as well as the Committee on Resources.
www.house.gov /apps/list/press/or02_walden/pr_050310_kftrans.html   (384 words)

  
 Southern Oregon. Crater Lake, Oregon Coast, State Parks, rafting, fishing. Ashland, Bandon, Medford, Grants Pass, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Klamath County is home to Crater Lake, Klamath Lake, and the Volcanic Legacy National Scenic Byway / All American Road through Klamath County featuring wildlife, history, and two national parks.
The Rogue region is home to many expert guides who will outfit your party for safe and spectacular trips down the Rogue, Klamath, North Umpqua, and more, including Rogue Wilderness, Whitewater Warehouse, Rogue Klamath River Adventures, Adventure Center, and Noah's River Adventures.
Camp on the river with great meals served in style on the riverbank or be pampered in a remote river lodge.
www.sova.org   (637 words)

  
 Klamath County Pop Warner Football League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This year's Klamath Falls League Championship is October 29th.
The Bucs look to defend their title, while the Hornets are buzzing to take it from them this time around.
Much is at stake, as the championship team gets to represent Klamath Falls and take on the Willamette Valley Champion at Autzen Stadium, November 13th, 2005 (Sunday).
www.eteamz.com /klamathcountypopwarner   (775 words)

  
 Home  City of Klamath Falls, Oregon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Located in the south central region of Oregon and bordering northern California, Klamath Falls sits on the southern shore of the Upper Klamath Lake, nestled in the Klamath Basin on the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains.
Klamath Falls enjoys nearly 300 days of sunshine each year.
The City of Klamath Falls, seat of Klamath County, has a population of approximately 19,000 within the City limits, with an additional 25,000+ population in the surrounding urban growth boundary.
www.ci.klamath-falls.or.us   (146 words)

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