California Gold Rush (1848-1858)
California Gold Rush Era Forts (1852-1858) (edit list)
| Name
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Est
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Left
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County
|
Notes
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| Fort Jones (2)
|
1852
|
1858
|
Siskiyou
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Major Edward H. Fitzgerald, 1st U.S. Dragoons
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| Fort Crook (2)
|
1857
|
1869
|
Shasta
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Captain John W.T. Gardiner, 1st U.S. Dragoons
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| Fort Reading
|
1852
|
1856
|
Shasta
|
1st Lt. Nelson H. Davis, 2nd U.S. Infantry
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| Fort Far West
|
1849
|
1852
|
Yuba
|
|
| Fort Humboldt
|
1853
|
1866
|
Humboldt
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Captain Robert C. Buchanan, 4th U.S. Infantry
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| Fort Miller (1)
|
1851
|
1864
|
Fresno
|
Major Albert S. Miller, 2nd U.S. Infantry
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| Fort Tejon
|
1854
|
1864
|
Kern
|
1st Lt. Thomas F. Castor, 1st U.S. Dragoons
|
| Benicia Barracks
|
1849
|
1964
|
Solano
|
Bvt. Lt. Colonel Silas Casey, 2nd U.S. Infantry
|
| San Diego Barracks
|
1850
|
1921
|
San Diego
|
Captain Nathaniel Lyon, 2nd U.S. Infantry
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| Fort Yuma
|
1850
|
1885
|
Imperial
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Bvt. Major Samuel P. Heintzelman, 2nd U.S. Infantry
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| Fort Ter-Waw
|
1857
|
1862
|
Del Norte
|
1st Lt. George Crook, 4th U.S. Infantry
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| Camp Lincoln (4)
|
1862
|
1869
|
Del Norte
|
Major James F. Curtis, 2nd California Infantry
Replaced Fort Ter-Waw
|
| Fort Bragg (2)
|
1857
|
1864
|
Mendocino
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1st Lt. Horatio Gates Gibson, 3rd U.S. Artillery
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| Fort Gaston
|
1858
|
1894
|
Humboldt
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Captain Edmund Underwood, 4th U.S. Infantry
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