Editing Klamath Falls, Oregon (section)

===History===
{{See also|List of historic buildings in Klamath Falls, Oregon}}
The [[Klamath people|Klamath]] and [[Modoc people|Modoc]] peoples were the first known inhabitants of the area. The Modocs' homeland is about {{convert|20|mi|km}} south of Klamath Falls, but when they were forced onto a reservation with their adversaries, the Klamath, a rebellion ensued and they hid out in nearby [[Lava Beds National Monument|lava beds]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Quinn|first=Arthur|year=1998|title=Hell With the Fire Out: A History of the Modoc War|publisher=[[Faber and Faber]]|edition=reprint|url={{googlebooks|Q0wGGwAACAAJ|plainurl=y}}|isbn=978-0-57119-937-2}}</ref> 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&nbsp;million in 2000. 17 Indigenous people and 83 Americans were killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.militarymuseum.org/Modoc1.html|title=California and the Indian Wars: The Modoc War, 1872–1873|publisher=[[California State Military Museum]]|access-date=July 8, 2010}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webtrail.com/applegate/index.shtml|title=The Applegate Trail|publisher=Southern Oregon Historical Society and the Josephine County Historical Society}}</ref> The first non-Indigenous settler is considered to have been Wallace Baldwin, a 19-year-old civilian who drove fifty head of horses in the valley in 1852.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/narratives/nature-and-history-in-the-klamath-basin/putting-nature-to-work/living-in-and-reclaiming-the-basin/|title=Putting Nature to Work {{!}} Living in and Reclaiming the Basin|work=The Oregon History Project|publisher=Oregon History Society|date=December 18, 1946|access-date=June 4, 2014}}</ref> 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 on May 22, 1907. Veterans of World War I and World War II were given homesteading opportunities on the reclaimed land.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/klamath-homestead-drawing/|title=Klamath Homestead Drawing|work=The Oregon History Project|publisher=Oregon History Society|year=2003|author=Stephen Most}}</ref>

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]], [[Prisoner of war|POW]] camp was located just on the Oregon–California border near the town of [[Tulelake, California]]. In May 1945, about {{convert|30|mi|km}} east of Klamath Falls, (near [[Bly, Oregon]]) a Japanese [[Fu-Go 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.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bowden|first=Jack|title=Railroad Logging in the Klamath Country|date=December 15, 2003|publisher=Oso Publishing|location=Klamath County, Oregon|url={{googlebooks|I8eEAAAACAAJ|plainurl=y}}|isbn=978-1-93106-411-8}}</ref>

On September 20, 1993, [[1993 Klamath Falls earthquakes|a series of earthquakes]] struck near Klamath Falls.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://crew.org/?s=Oregon|title=Search Results for: Oregon|publisher=Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup (CREW)|access-date=July 8, 2010}}</ref> Many downtown buildings, including the county courthouse and the former Sacred Heart Academy and Convent, were damaged or destroyed, and two people were killed.<br/>
{{wide image|Klamath Falls, Oregon 1909 Panoramic photographs Library of Congress Digital ID pan 6a08746r.jpg|1000px|alt=Klamath Falls, 1909|Klamath Falls, 1909}}