Interesting facts about Klamath Falls

Submitted by mschosting on Wed, 10/21/2009 at 1:38pm.

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A final interesting fact is that geothermal hot water from their natural wells on Klamath Falls provides with the heat to plenty of the houses there.


To sum it up in interesting bullet points


1- The route to Klamatah Falls is one of the 29 roads in America that the government has approved as an All American Road


2- Exactly on the center of the drive we can find the Crater Lake which is the deepest lake in the United States


3- The last time Crater Lake froze over was in 1949,

4- It is the 6Th oldest National Park in the United States


5- Charles Lindbergh flew over the lake in the Spirit of St. Louis

6- The Fort Klamath Military Post was the last cavalry post to be closed

7- The fort as stood not in one, but in four different Oregon Counties (Wasco, Jackson, Lake and now Klamath)

8- The church is 90 years old

 

9- The pastor has two other rural community churches to attend so their service is always held at 5:00 PM

 

10-Artisan wells are used as the home water source 

 

 

11- Klamath Lake is a premier birding site known nationally and internationally

 

12- Klamath lake is the largest body of freshwater west of the Rockies

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Please read the full article here at Helium thanks!

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