Klamath
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Klamaths,
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Klamath
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State officials say they are working on a series of initiatives to help salmon recover in rivers across the state, including along the Klamath River and its tributaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
It was in that position, in the early aughts, that Bonham first became immersed in the fierce disagreement over what to do with scarce water in the Klamath Basin — irrigate farms or protect salmon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025
In December 1964, when Stremberg was in high school, a major flood wiped out a Highway 101 bridge over the Klamath River, as well as much of the eponymous town.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025
Many children in Klamath attend school in Crescent City and rely upon the campus’s free meals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025
These refuges are part of a chain including also the refuge on Upper Klamath Lake just over the border in Oregon.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
The Modocs were originally part of the Klamaths, but recently hostile to them.
From Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians by W. H. Jackson
The Klamaths did not like the introduction of the Modocs on their reservation, and it eventually led to the Modoc war.
From Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians by W. H. Jackson
In the morning we found, by the tracks, that from fifteen to twenty of the Klamaths had attacked us.
From Christopher Carson by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
At the north lived the Klamaths, Siskiyous, Shastas, and the savage Modocs, whose months of fighting in the lava beds caused the death of General Canby and many soldiers.
From Stories of California by Ella M. Sexton
About the time that we were thoroughly organized it was reported that the Pah-Utes and the Klamaths were all coming to join Captain Jack.
From Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West by William F. Drannan
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