Klamath Agency is an

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in Klamath County,

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, United States. The community is located on

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adjacent to the confluence of Agency Creek and Crooked Creek. The Klamath Agency is now home of the Sage Community Charter School.

History

Klamath Agency was an

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for the Klamath Indian Reservation established May 12, 1866, on the shore of Agency Lake. The current site of the former agency is north of that location. The Klamath Reservation was terminated in 1961, but the community at Klamath Agency still exists. Klamath Agency post office was established in 1878 and ran until 1965, when the mail was instead routed to

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. In 1870, there was a

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at the agency; it burned down in 1911. In the 1890s, Klamath Agency was the site of two Indian boarding schools—one for boys and one for girls. In 1945, Ray Enouf Field was dedicated at the agency. The airfield was named in honor of the only Klamath Indian to die in

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. Raymond L. Enouf was a Marine private first class, who was killed while acting as a medic in the front lines during the

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Historic image of Klamath Agency
from Salem Public Library Unincorporated communities in Klamath County, Oregon Klamath Tribes 1866 establishments in Oregon Populated places established in 1866 Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{NorthAm-native-stub

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