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Fort Kitchen (1855-1856) - A settler fort established 6 Nov 1855 as a stockade for settlers in Coos County, Oregon, under the command of elected Captain William H. Packwood. It was named after Catching Creek but mispronounced Kitchen.

Current Status

Coos County, Oregon

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USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry:

• Name: Fort Kitchen Type: Historical Class: Military ID: 1851690
• Location: Coos County, Oregon, US, FIPS Code: 41011
• Latitude: 43.0453876, Longitude: -124.1451030, Elevation: 49 Map: Myrtle Poin
• As Of: 14 Sep 1999

Source: U.S. Board on Geographic Names

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Location: Fort Kitchen was located about a mile south of the present town of Myrtle Point, Coos County, Oregon on the south fork of the Coquille River near the mouth of Catching Creek. Maps & Images Lat: 43.04556 Long: -124.14389 Street map from Google Maps or Yahoo! Maps Topographic map from TopoQuest Satellite image from Google Maps or Microsoft Virtual Earth Wiki Mapping from WikiMapia Mapping from Bing Mapping from Bing Birdseye Elevation: 49

Sources:

• Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads
• McArthur, Lewis A. & McArthur, Lewis L., Oregon Geographic Names, Oregon Historical Society Press; 7 edition (December 2003), 1073 pages, ISBN 0875952771, ISBN 978-0875952772, page 369
• Victor, Frances Fuller, The Early Indian Wars of Oregon: compiled from the Oregon Archives and other Original Sources with Muster Rolls, Farnk C. Baker, State Printer, Salem, Oregon, 1894, page 373

Links:

• North American Forts - Fort Kitchen

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