Southern Oregon park renamed to honor Native American village

Klamath Falls is seen in an Oregonian/OregonLive file photo. City councilors in the southern Oregon city have voted unanimously to rename a park after a Native American village. Dave Killen.

KLAMATH FALLS — City councilors in Klamath Falls have voted unanimously to rename Kit Carson Park as Eulalona Park.

Eulalona was the Native American village that sat near the park site before present-day Klamath Falls. The city began considering whether to rename the park after a Klamath Falls equity task force recommended a name change last year, Jefferson Public Radio reported.

Kit Carson was a 19th-century frontiersman and was known for his involvement in massacres of local Native American tribes.

By The Associated Press