A 300' aerial view overlooking the Klamath River near the former town site of Klamathon, California.  A nearby historic plaque reads the following:

Klamathon

On this site was located the historic lumber town of Klamathon.  Townsite laid out in 1888 by the Klamath River Lumber and Improvement Company with the sawmill completed on July 25, 1892.  The town boasted a sawmill, box factory, sash and door factory, hotels, boarding houses, a school, post office, 2 churches and 5 saloons.  Logs for the mill were floated down from company holding 25 miles upriver.  Shortly after midnight on Monday, October 13, 1902 fire raged through the community and by down only a few dwellings remained.  Most of these were lost to subsequent fires.  At this date only a few traces remain of this once prosperous community.

Dedicated April 24, 1982

Humbug Chapter 73

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More recently, the Klamathon Fire burned through here from July 5-21, 2018, burning 38,008 acres having crossed both sides of nearby Interstate 5.  There were 82 buildings destroyed & one death.  A suspect was arrested for recklessly burning trash in a campfire pit & sentenced to a year in prison plus 1,000 community service hours.