Klamath History on the Internet

The seventh annual History Fitness Hike,
cosponsored by the
Klamath County Museum and the YMCA of Klamath Falls, takes place
May 18.
Click here to
download a flyer and registration form (pdf).
Explore history on the streets
(and trails) of Klamath Falls
Click here for a list of historic attractions in Klamath
Falls,
including residential, parkland, commercial and industrial
districts.
Visit these popular online
offerings
of the Klamath County Museum, Klamath Falls, Oregon

Gilchrist Timber Co. records
Thousands of pages from the
files of Gilchrist Timber Co. have been scanned.
Click here to see records related to all aspects of the mill,
timberlands and company-owned town in northern Klamath County.

The Don Fisher Papers
An 11-volume set of records from
the Modoc Indian War of 1872-73,
including many documents not available online from any other source.
Click here to enter.

Maud Baldwin Photo Gallery
More than 300 photos taken in the Upper Klamath
Basin
during the late 1800s to early 1900s by Maud Baldwin.
Diary of a Modoc War tourist

Pages from the 1873 diary of Leonard Case Jr.,
who traveled from Cleveland, Ohio, to Fort Klamath, Oregon,
to witness the execution of Captain Jack and three other Modoc
Indians.
Click
here to enter.

Klamath County scenes on Panoramio
Click here to take a virtual tour of Klamath County.
Photo above shows alfalfa being cut from a mile-long field at
Algoma,
10 miles north of Klamath Falls.

The Modoc Indian War of 1872-73 pitted about 55 Modoc warriors
against hundreds of U.S. Army troops.
Begin your exploration of this important chapter of
Northwest history.