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| [[Category:California Forts]]
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| '''Fort Reading (1852-1856) (1866-1867)''' - Established on May 26,1852 by 1st Lieutenant [[Nelson H. Davis]], Company E, [[2nd U.S. Infantry]] as a two-company post on Cow Creek, two and one-half miles from the Sacramento River. The post was intended to protect the mining district from Indian depredations. The fort was named for Major [[Pierson B. Reading]], paymaster of the [[California Volunteers]] during the [[Mexican War]], and a pioneer settler in California.
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| The garrison was withdrawn on 1 Apr 1856 but the post was intermittently occupied until 13 Jun 1867, and completely abandoned on 6 Apr 1870. The fort's buildings were sold prior to the restoration of the reservation to the public domain on 15 Feb 1881.
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| '''Location:''' 0.6 mi E of intersection of Deschutes and Dersch Rds, 6 mi NE of Anderson, California.
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| '''Links:'''
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| * [http://www.militarymuseum.org/FtReading.html California Military History]
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