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| [[Category:Needs Work]]
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| [[Category:Oregon Forts]]
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| [[Category:Hudson's Bay Company Forts]]
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| [[Category:Farmland]]
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| [[Category:Private Property]]
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| [[Image:FortUmpquaMarker.jpg|200px|thumb|left|{{PAGENAME}} Marker]]
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| '''{{PAGENAME}} (1836-1854)''' - In 1836, [[:Category:Hudson's Bay Company Forts|Hudson’s Bay Company]] established Fort Umpqua near the town of Elkton. Many Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians traded hides for goods there. There was an Indian trail from Coos River to Ash Valley and on to the Umpqua River, and upriver to the Fort.
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| The fort itself was a 12 ' high stockade with bastions at diagonal corners. The 90' square enclosed a dwelling for Superintendent Jean Baptiste Gagnier and his Umpqua family, a range of stores, a few apple trees and quarters for 6 employees. Outside was a barn and stable. Eighty fenced acres were under cultivation. The fort was twice besieged by Indians.
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| The fort closed in 1854 as the fur trade diminished.
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| <gmap lat="43.632596" long="-123.570614" zoom="4" helper="off" width="500" height="400" type="hybrid">
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| 43.632596|-123.570614|{{PAGENAME}} (1836-1854)<br>Original location
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| 43.641728|-123.584518|{{PAGENAME}} (1836-1854)<br>Location of the Restoration
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| </gmap>
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| '''Location:'''
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| {{Mapit-US-cityscale|43.632596|-123.570614}}
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| * Elevation:
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| '''Sources:'''
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| * Stephen Dow Beckham, ''"Land of the Umpqua: A History of Douglas County, Oregon"'', 1986, Commissioners of Douglas County. ISBN 0-961-6574-0-5
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| '''Links:'''
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| * [http://www.ctclusi.org/cultural_historical.asp Indian History]
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| * [http://www.fortumpqua.com/ Web Site]
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| '''Publications:'''
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| * Jerry Winterbotham, ''"Umpqua The Lost County of Oregon"''
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| '''Visited:''' 15 Jul 2006
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| ==Picture Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| Image:Elkton Oregon Sign.jpg|Elkton, Oregon Welcome Sign, Jul 2006, J Stanton
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| Image:Fort Umpqua (1) Original Site - 3.jpg|Original Site of Fort Umpqua from across the Umpqua River at the Bridge, Jul 2006, J Stanton
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| Image:Fort Umpqua (1) Original Site - 4.jpg|Umpqua River Upstream from the Bridge, Jul 2006, J Stanton
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| Image:Fort Umpqua (1) Original Site - 1.jpg|Rear of the Original Fort Umpqua Site from Mehl Creek Road, Jul 2006, J Stanton
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| Image:Fort Umpqua (1) Original Site - 2.jpg|Front of the Original Fort Umpqua Site from Mehl Creek Road, Jul 2006, J Stanton
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| Image:Fort Umpqua (1) Restoration Site - 1.jpg|Fort Umpqua Restoration Site looking toward the River, Jul 2006, J Stanton
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| Image:Fort Umpqua (1) Restoration Site - 3.jpg|Fort Umpqua Restoration Site looking toward State Highway 38, Jul 2006, J Stanton
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| Image:Fort Umpqua (1) Restoration Site - 4.jpg|Fort Umpqua Restoration Site looking toward the school, Jul 2006, J Stanton
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| Image:Fort Umpqua (1) Restoration Docs - 1.jpg|Drawing of the proposed restoration, Jul 2006, J Stanton
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| </gallery>
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