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| [[Category:Oregon Forts]]
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| [[Image:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Fort Klamath Barracks]]
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| [[Image:Fort Klamath Map.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Fort Klamath Fort Plan]]
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| '''{{PAGENAME}} (1863-1889)''' - Established by two companies of soldiers under Maj. [[Charles C Drew]] on 5 September 1863. Fort Klamath was an important post during [[Modoc War|Modoc]], [[Snake War|Snake]] and [[Piute Wars|Piute]] wars. The majority of troops were removed in 1889 and the fort was finally left to a caretaker on 23 Jun 1890.
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| <googlemap lat="42.692341" lon="-121.972232" zoom="14" width="500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large">
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| 42.692341, -121.972232, Fort Klamath<br>(1863-1889)
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| </googlemap>
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| '''Location:''' Klamath County, Oregon at a point about a mile southeast of the present community of Klamath Falls.
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| {{Mapit-US-cityscale|42.692341|-121.972232}}
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| * Elevation: 4175
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| '''Sources:'''
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| * [[Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads]]
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| '''Links:'''
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| * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Klamath Wikipedia Article]
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| * [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/OR/Klamath/state.html National Register of Historic Places] added 1971 Site - #71000680
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| * [http://www.1-14th.com/HistInd-FtKlamath.htm A History of Fort Klamath]
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| * [http://www.drizzle.com/~rdpayne/fclnpv74.htm Fort Klamath Museum]
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| '''Visited:''' No
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| ==Picture Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| </gallery>
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