Fort Klamath
Fort Klamath was established in 1863 and was in important post during the Modoc, Snake and Paiute wars. The troops stationed at the Fort were removed in 1889.
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Newspaper Articles from the Morning Oregonian in Portland about Fort Klamath |
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The Confinement and Executions at Fort Klamath of Captain Jack and others. COMING SOON! |
FORT KLAMATH, A military post on Wood River, in Klamath county, 451 miles by rail and stage route s of Portland, 40 n w of Klamath Falls, the county seat and banking point, and 115 by stage n e of Ashland, the shipping station. Mail daily. Oregon, Washington and Alaska Gazetteer and
Business Directory, 1901-1902 |
"Near the town of Fort Klamath are the ruins of the old historic fort of the same name, and the burial places of the Indian chiefs who were executed there." The State of Oregon: Its
resources and opportunities, 1915 |
"In 1863 a United States military post, known as Fort Klamath, was established to the north of the lake." "The Site of Old Fort Klamath is at 105.7 m.; from 1863 to 1890 this was an army post from which the government carried on Indian campaigns. It was here that the notorious Captain Jack, leader in the Modoc War, Schonchin Jack, Black Jim, and Boston Charley were hanged for the treacherous killing of General E.R.S. Canby and the Reverend E. Thomas, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and the wounding of A.B. Meacham, the three peace commissioners who were advancing under a flag of truce, April 11, 1873, in an effort to reach peaceful settlement of the bloody and costly war. Other lives were saved by the intervention of Winema, the Indian interpreter and the heroine of the Modoc Wars. Their graves on the parade grounds of the old fort are marked." "Prospect...was formerly called Deskins. The town was named for the operator of a pioneer sawmill built in the early 1870's. The machinery was packed in by mule from Red Bluff, California. Doors and window casings for old Fort Klamath were sawed by Deskin." Oregon: End of the trail, 1940 |