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| [[Category:Oregon Forts]]
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| [[Category:Preserved]]
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| [[Category:State Heritage Site]]
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| [[Image:FortYamhillBlockhouse.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Fort Yamhill Blockhouse, Dayton, Oregon 2005]]
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| [[Image:FortYamhillLocationMap.gif|right|thumb|300px|Location of Fort Yamhill 2005]]
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| '''Fort Yamhill (1855-1866)''' Established during the [[Rogue River Indian War]] (1855-1856) to watch over Indian tribes relocated from southern Oregon. The fort was sited and construction begun by Lt. [[William B. Hazen]] in the winter of 1855-56. The site chosen overlooked the Grand Ronde Indian Agency and the relocated tribes. The fort was position just west of a demarcation line drawn earlier to separate the settlers and the Indians and along the military road to the coast so access could be controlled. Civil War General [[Philip H. Sheridan]], then a 2nd Lieutenant, relieved Lt. Hazen at Fort Yamhill early in 1856 and supervised the completion of the fort. Sheridan remained at the fort until the outbreak of the [[U.S. Civil War]] in 1861.
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| At its peak, Fort Yamhill housed two or three companies for a total of about 250 men. Two similar outposts were created to watch over Indian agencies: [[:Category:Fort Hoskins|Fort Hoskins]] in Benton County, and [[:Category:Fort Umpqua| Fort Umpqua]] in Southern Oregon. Fort Yamhill was abandoned and disassembled in 1866. The buildings were auctioned off and the land sold to private interests on 27 Aug 1866. The blockhouse was removed in 1911 and now resides in Dayton City Park, Dayton, Oregon.
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| [[Image:FortYamhill SpiritMtn.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Spirit Mountain from Fort Yamhill Parade Ground 2005]]
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| [[Image:FortYamhill Artifacts.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Fort Yamhill Artifacts 2005]]
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| [[Image:FortYamhill OQSill.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Fort Yamhill Officers Quarters Door Sill 2005]]
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| The remains of the fort were recently rediscovered and preparations are underway to open a 55 acre Fort Yamhill State Heritage site in the spring of 2006 to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the fort's establishment. A 1991 survey revealed the location of at least 24 major buildings that once occupied the site including:
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| * officers’ quarters
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| * barracks
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| * carpenter's shop
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| * blacksmith shop
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| * hospital
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| * cook houses
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| * stables
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| * barn
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| * sutler’s store
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| * laundress quarters
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| '''Location:''' About 2 miles northeast of Spirit Mountain Casino in Polk County, Oregon.
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| {{Mapit-US-cityscale|45.06927|-123.56914}}
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| * Elevation: 602
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| '''Source:'''
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| *[[Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads]]
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| *[[Fort Yamhill will be uncovered, studied| Newspaper article]]
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| *[http://www.prd.state.or.us/masterplans_ftyamhill.php Oregon State Parks Dept. Master Plan]
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