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Klamath Agency, Oregon

Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Klamath Agency is an unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, United States. The community is located on Oregon Route 62, adjacent to the confluence of Agency Creek and Crooked Creek.[2] The Klamath Agency is now home to the Sage Community Charter School.

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Klamath Agency was an Indian agency for the Klamath Indian Reservation established May 12, 1866, on the shore of Agency Lake.[3] The current location of the former agency is 3 miles (5 km) north of that site.[3] The Klamath Reservation was terminated in 1961, but the community at Klamath Agency still exists.[3] The Klamath Agency post office was established in 1878 and operated 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 on the front lines during the Battle of Iwo Jima.[6]

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