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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1855-1856) - A [[Yakima War]] Fort established in 1855 in present-day Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Thurston County, Washington. | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1855-1856) - A [[Yakima War]] Fort established in 1855 in the present-day Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Thurston County, Washington. Reportedly named Fort Raglan after the British commander [[Lord Raglan]], who ordered the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854. The blockhouse was abandoned as a fortification in 1856 as hostilities moved further east. | ||
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|colspan="2"|[[ | |colspan="2"|[[File:Packwood Ferry Locale 1853.png|795px|thumb|center|Annotated 1853 (prewar) Survey Map of the Area Around Packard's Ferry and the Future Site of Fort Raglan]] | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
Established in 1855 by Washington Territorial Volunteers who built a blockhouse located on the Nisqually River at Packard's Ferry on the Joel Myers land claim. The blockhouse guarded the ferry to keep the route open between the territorial capital at Olympia and [[Fort Steilacoom]]. | Established in 1855 by Washington Territorial Volunteers who built a blockhouse located on the Nisqually River at Packard's Ferry on the Joel Myers land claim. The blockhouse guarded the ferry to keep the route open between the territorial capital at Olympia and [[Fort Steilacoom]]. | ||
This was a log house (some said a barn), very strongly built with a stockade, that stood on a | This was a log house (some said a barn), very strongly built with a stockade, that stood on a sand spit, on the south side of the Nisqually River. | ||
Abandoned as a fortification in 1856 | Abandoned as a fortification in 1856 as hostilities moved further east but the structure remained standing for a number of years. | ||
== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
Archeological remains only, site tentatively identified by land claim | Archeological remains only, site tentatively identified by survey and land claim maps and by some artifact recovery. At least two options for the location of the fort exist, changes in the river channel make it difficult to pinpoint the site. Option two seems more likely. | ||
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'''Location:''' In Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Thurston County, Washington. | '''Location:''' In Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge,<br>Thurston County, Washington. | ||
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'''GPS Locations:''' | '''GPS Locations:''' | ||
* {{GPSLinkLong|Lat=47. | * {{GPSLinkLong|Lat=47.073310|Lon=-122.706810}} Fort Raglan Option 1 | ||
* {{GPSLinkLong|Lat=47.068635|Lon=-122.70810}} Fort Raglan Option 2 | |||
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* [[:Category:Washington Blockhouses|Washington Blockhouses]] | * [[:Category:Washington Blockhouses|Washington Blockhouses]] | ||
* [[Yakima War]] | * [[Yakima War]] | ||
* [[Fort Steilacoom]] | |||
'''Sources:''' | |||
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* [https://www.northamericanforts.com/West/wa.html#rag North American Forts - Fort Raglan] | * [https://www.northamericanforts.com/West/wa.html#rag North American Forts - Fort Raglan] | ||
* [https://accessgenealogy.com/washington/washington-blockhouses-or-stockades-erected-during-indian-war.htm Access Genealogy - Fort Raglan] | |||
* [http://themossback.tripod.com/indianwar/fortraglan.htm Fort Raglan] | * [http://themossback.tripod.com/indianwar/fortraglan.htm Fort Raglan] | ||
* [http://www.ci.lacey.wa.us/Portals/0/docs/parks_and_recreation/museum/Publications/Thurston%20County%20Historical%20Journals/TCHJ%20Issue%202%20-%20Final%20-%20reduced.pdf Thurston County Historical Journals - Fort Raglan] | * [http://www.ci.lacey.wa.us/Portals/0/docs/parks_and_recreation/museum/Publications/Thurston%20County%20Historical%20Journals/TCHJ%20Issue%202%20-%20Final%20-%20reduced.pdf Thurston County Historical Journals - Fort Raglan] | ||
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{{Visited|No}} | {{Visited|No}} | ||
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HistoryEstablished in 1855 by Washington Territorial Volunteers who built a blockhouse located on the Nisqually River at Packard's Ferry on the Joel Myers land claim. The blockhouse guarded the ferry to keep the route open between the territorial capital at Olympia and Fort Steilacoom. This was a log house (some said a barn), very strongly built with a stockade, that stood on a sand spit, on the south side of the Nisqually River. Abandoned as a fortification in 1856 as hostilities moved further east but the structure remained standing for a number of years. Current StatusArcheological remains only, site tentatively identified by survey and land claim maps and by some artifact recovery. At least two options for the location of the fort exist, changes in the river channel make it difficult to pinpoint the site. Option two seems more likely.
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