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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W53_oregon-history-upper-klamath-lake-historical_Klamath-Falls-OR.html
This is Oregon's largest body of water, about 90,000 acres. Indians inhabiting its shores ("People of the Lake") lived well on wild fowl, fish and wocus seeds. The first known white visitors (1825-26) were Hudson's Bay trappers under Tom McKay and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W52_pioneer-furtrader-historical_Klamath-Falls-OR.html
Martin R. Frain born December 17, 1832 in New York, came west in 1850, arrived in Oregon Territory April 30, 1857 crossed Link river and camped under a ledge nearby. Established the first Trading Post at the present area of Payne Alley and Main st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W50_merganser-historical_Klamath-Falls-OR.html
Location of a rival town to Linkville. Founded in 1870.
Out of existence by 1880.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W4Z_merganser-historical_Klamath-Falls-OR.html
Pioneer village founded in 1870. A rival town of Linkville and the first platted in Klamath County. Named after the merganser ducks on Klamath River. A bridge-crossing made it an important trade route. The town served as a settler defense rendezvo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W4X_eulalona-historical_Klamath-Falls-OR.html
A Populous Settlement
On Both Sides Of The River
Before The White Man's Era
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W4W_george-nurse-in-memory-of-historical_Klamath-Falls-OR.html
Rafted lumber down Upper Klamath Lake and
built first buildings on this site, 1867.
Registered first official plat of town, 1878.
Was Linkville's first hotel keeper, postmaster,
and livery stable operator. Gave building lots
to people who wou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VE7_locomotive-2579-historical_Klamath-Falls-OR.html
Locomotive #2579 is a typical example of over 350 small steam locomotives called "Consolidations" that were used by the Southern Pacific Railroad from the early 1900s well into the 1950s. During their time she and her sisters were assign…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NG1_the-42nd-parallel_Klamath-Falls-OR.html
Five panels, one each for Spain, Great Britain, Russia, the United States and Mexico, outline each country's claim to the Oregon territory.
Spain
Vasco Nunez de Balboa first saw the Pacific Ocean in Sept. 1513. Until the Nootka T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NFZ_western-international-history_Klamath-Falls-OR.html
A party of 15 men, styled the South Road Expedition, as led by Capt. Levi Scott, Jesse Applegate, and David Goff, crossed the 42nd parallel on late July 4, 1846. It was blazing a road on which to lead Americans from harm, free of the impending war…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NFL_applegate-trail_Klamath-Falls-OR.html
Southern Route to Oregon
In 1846, Jesse Applegate and fourteen others from near Dallas, Oregon, established a trail south from the Willamette Valley and east to Fort Hall. This route offered emigrants an alternative to the perilous "last le…