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Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, USA

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Klamath Falls 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 sat. The name was changed to Klamath Falls in 1893. The population was 20,840 at the 2010 census. The city is situated on the south east shore of the Upper Klamath Lake and about 25 miles (40 km) north of the California-Oregon border.

The Klamath Falls area had been inhabited by Native Americans for at least 4,000 years before the first permanent settlers. The Klamath Basin became part of the Oregon Trail with the opening of the Applegate Trail. Logging was Klamath Falls' first major industry.

History:

The Klamath and Modoc Indians were the first known inhabitants of the area. The Modoc Tribe's homeland is about 20 miles (32 km) south of Klamath Falls, but when they were pushed onto a reservation with their adversaries the Klamath, a rebellion ensued and they hid out in nearby lava beds. This led to the Modoc War of 1872?1873, which was a hugely expensive campaign for the US Cavalry, costing an estimated $500,000 ? the equivalent of over 8 million in year-2000 dollars. Seventeen Indians and 83 whites were killed.

The Applegate Trail, which passes through the lower Klamath area, was blazed in 1846 from west to east in an attempt to provide a safer route for emigrants on the Oregon Trail. The first non-Indian settler is considered to have been Wallace Baldwin, a 19 year-old civilian who drove fifty head of horses in the valley in 1852. In 1867, George Nurse, named the small settlement "Linkville", because of Link River north of Lake Ewauna.

The Klamath Reclamation Project began in 1906 to drain marshland and move water to allow for agriculture. With the building of the main "A" Canal, water was first made available May 22, 1907. Veterans of World War I and World War II were given homesteading opportunities on the reclaimed land.

During World War II, a Japanese-American internment camp, the Tule Lake War Relocation Center, was located in nearby Newell, California, and a satellite of the Camp White, Oregon, POW camp was located just on the Oregon-California border near the town of Tulelake, California. In May 1945, about 30 miles (48 km) east of Klamath Falls, (near Bly, Oregon) a Japanese balloon bomb killed a woman and five children on a church outing. This is said to be the only Japanese-inflicted casualty on the US mainland during the war.

Timber harvesting through the use of railroad was extensive in Klamath County for the first few decades of the 20th century. With the arrival of the Southern Pacific Transportation Company in 1909, Klamath Falls grew quickly from a few hundred to several thousand. Dozens of lumber mills cut fir and pine lumber, and the industry flourished until the late 1980s when the northern spotted owl and other endangered species were driving forces in changing western forest policy.

On September 20, 1993, a series of earthquakes struck near Klamath Falls. Many downtown buildings, including the county courthouse and the former Sacred Heart Academy and Convent, were damaged or destroyed. There were two deaths attributed to the earthquake.

Geburt

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	Nachname, Taufnamen	Geburt		Personen-Kennung
1	Dugas, Sherry Lee	19 Okt 1955	Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, USA	I8837
2	Erdman, Homer Milton	9 Okt 1944	Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, USA	I3488

Tod

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	Nachname, Taufnamen	Tod		Personen-Kennung
1	Bachmann, Ernest E.	2000	Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, USA	I17925
2	Bachmann, Peter Sr.	4 Mrz 1944	Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, USA	I17894
3	Gallagher, Eva Alice	26 Mrz 1998	Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, USA	I95254
4	Hieb, Karolina	26 Mrz 1968	Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, USA	I54632
5	Kurtz, Daniel Tugendreich	26 Sep 1945	Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, USA	I75040
6	Kurtz, Leah Christina	4 Okt 1966	Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, USA	I75052
7	Kurtz, Robert Ernst	2 Nov 1976	Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, USA	I75045
8	McCollum, Rose Irene	5 Okt 1995	Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, USA	I197116
9	Pfaller, Michael	19 Mrz 1981	Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, USA	I8253
10	Rogers, Joseph Ira Jr.	9 Sep 1954	Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, USA	I105816
11	Zimmerle, Esther	26 Feb 2012	Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, USA	I1379

Eheschließung

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	Familie	Eheschließung		Familien-Kennung
1	Rath / Gilman	22 Nov 1947	Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon, USA	F33427