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| [[Category:Washington Forts]]
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| [[Category:Restored]]
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| [[Category:State Park]]
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| [[Image:FortSimcoe 1858 UW.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Fort Simcoe drawing, 1858 (University of Washington Archive)]]
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| [[Image:FortSimcoe Blockhouse UW.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Fort Simcoe Blockhouse (University of Washington Archive)]]
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| [[Image:FortSimcoe Commander UW.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Fort Simcoe Commander's Residence (University of Washington Archive)]]
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| '''Fort Simcoe (1856-1859)''' - Established on 8 Aug 1856 by Major [[Robert Seldon Garnett]] and Companies G and F of the [[9th U.S. Infantry]] Regiment. The fort was located at the "bubbling spring" on Toppenish Creek near the site of Haller's defeat. Major Garnett was the first commander at Fort Simcoe.
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| The fort was used as the Yakima Indian Agency beginning in 1859 after the garrison transferred to [[:Category:Fort Colville|Fort Colville]]. It was abandoned in 1923. The state leased the state park property from the Yakima Nation in 1953. The fort has been restored and contains three officers quarters (1857 - 1858), one of four original blockhouses (1856), and the Commandant's House (1857 - 1858).
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| In 1956, Fort Simcoe became a state park, and in 1974 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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| Commanders:
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| * Maj. [[Robert Seldon Garnett]]
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| '''Location:''' White Swan, Yakima Indian Reservation, Washington (30 miles west of Toppenish, Yakima County)
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| {{Mapit-US-cityscale|46.34088|-120.83762}}
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| '''Links:'''
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| * [http://www.parks.wa.gov/parkpage.asp?selectedpark=Fort+Simcoe&pageno=1 State Park]
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| * [http://www.parks.wa.gov/parkpage.asp?selectedpark=Fort+Simcoe&pageno=1 History Link]
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| '''Visited:''' No
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