Klamath
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Klamaths,
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Klamath
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The Scott River flows into the Klamath downstream from where the dams stood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Both are tributaries of the Klamath River, where Chinook and coho salmon swim upstream to spawn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
A California condor known as Ney-gem’ ‘Ne-chweenkah’ — Yurok for “She carries our prayers” — has been flying to a particular spot deep inside Redwood National Park, near Klamath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
Highway 101 is the only viable route between Crescent City and Klamath, population 800 or so.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025
Within small areas the beetles accomplish their own dispersion, moving on as soon as the Klamath weed dies out and locating new stands with great precision.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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 1886 two Klamaths accompanied Captain Clarence E. Dutton's Geological Survey party to Crater Lake and descended to the water's edge.
From The Book of the National Parks by Robert Sterling Yard
The Delawares, we had four with us, were sleeping at that fire, and they sprang up as the Klamaths charged them.
From Christopher Carson by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
When the Klamaths saw him fall, they ran; but we lay, every man with his rifle cocked, until daylight, expecting another attack.
From Christopher Carson by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
They went back to their old place, and declared they would die rather than go to live with the Klamaths again.
From Forty-Six Years in the Army by John M. Schofield
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