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{{BlockhouseListHead|Description=Washington Blockhouses|EditPage=WashingtonBlockhouses}} | {{BlockhouseListHead|Description=Washington Blockhouses|EditPage=WashingtonBlockhouses}} | ||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort at Cowlitz Landing|Located=Cowlitz Landing|Notes=Stockaded}} | {{WashingtonBlocklistSeparator|Title=Erected at the Expense of the Quartermaster or by Volunteer Troops}} | ||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Unknown|Located=French settlement, near Cowlitz Farms|Notes= | {{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort Alden|Located=2.5 miles above Snoqualmie Falls on Rangers's Prairie|Source=1,4|Notes=Built by Northern Battalion}} | ||
{{BlockhouseListFoot|Source={{Whiting}}, page 4-11}} | {{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort Borst|Located=Chehalis River below mouth of Skookum Chuck|Source=1,2,4|Notes=}} | ||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort at Cowlitz Landing|Located=Cowlitz Landing|Source=1,4|Notes=Stockaded}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort Decatur|Located=Seattle|Source=1,4|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort Ebey (2)|Located=On Ebey Island in Snohomish River|Source=1,4|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=2|Name=Fort Hays (2)|Located=Connel's Prairie|Source=1,2,4|Notes=Built by Volunteers}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=2|Name=Fort Hicks|Located=Montgomery's|Source=1,4|Notes=Built by Pioneer Co.}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort Lander|Located=On Dewamish|Source=1,4|Notes=Built by Volunteers}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort at Lone Tree Point|Located=On Lone Tree Point near La Conner|Source=4,5|Notes=Built by Volunteers}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort Mason (3)|Located=Wilson's Point|Source=1,4,5|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort McAllister (2)|Located=South Prairie|Source=1,4|Notes=Built by Volunteers}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort Miller (2)|Located=Tenalquot Plains|Source=1,4|Notes=Built by Volunteers}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=2|Name=Fort Pike (4)|Located=Crossing of White River|Source=1,4|Notes=Built by Volunteers}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort Posey|Located=Crossing of White River|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort Preston (3)|Located=Michel's Fork of Nisqually|Source=1,4|Notes=Built by Volunteers<br>Capt. Miller's company}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort Raglan|Located=Nisqually River, Packards Ferry|Source=1,4|Notes=Built by Volunteers, Stockaded}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort Stevens (3)|Located=Yelm Prairie|Source=1,4|Notes=Built by Volunteers}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort Tilton|Located=1.5 miles below Snoqualmie Falls on Rangers's Prairie|Source=1,4|Notes=Built by Volunteers<br>Northern Battalion}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort White (2)|Located=Crossing of Puyallup|Source=1,4|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=2|Name=Olympia Blockhouse|Located=Olympia|Source=1,4,5|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Unknown|Located=Lewis River|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Unknown|Located=Lowe's on Chambers Praire|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Unknown|Located=Port Townsend|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Unknown|Located=Bellingham Bay|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Unknown|Located=Vancouver|Source=1|Notes=Built by Capt. Kelly's Company}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Unknown|Located=Fourth Prairie|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Unknown|Located=Washougle|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Unknown|Located=Klickatat Prairie near Cowlitz|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Unknown|Located=French settlement, near Cowlitz Farms|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Unknown|Located=Skookum Chuck|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{WashingtonBlocklistSeparator|Title=Built by Settlers}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Alexander Blockhouse|Located=Whidbey Island|Source=1,4|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=0|Name=Bush Stockade|Located=Bush's|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=2|Name=Chambers Blockhouse|Located=Chambers Prairie|Source=1,4,5|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=2|Name=Crockett Blockhouse|Located=Whidbey Island|Source=1,4|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Davis Blockhouse|Located=Whidbey Island|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Dofflemyer Blockhouse|Located=Dofflemyer's|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=4|Name=Ebey Blockhouse|Located=Whidbey Island|Source=1,4|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort Arkansas|Located=Near Castle Rock, on the East side of Cowlitz River|Source=1,4|Notes=Built by Henry Jackson}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort Cagle|Located=Near Castle Rock, on the West side of Cowlitz River|Source=1,4|Notes=Built by William Cagle}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort Eaton|Located=Eaton Prairie|Source=1,4|Notes=Nathan Eaton}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=2|Name=Fort Henness|Located=Mound Prairie|Source=1,4|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=0|Name=Goodell Stockade|Located=Goodell's|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Port Gamble Blockhouse|Located=Port Gamble|Source=1|Notes=Built by Capt. Joshua Keller}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=?|Name=Fort Nugent|Located=West of Oak Harbor|Source=4,5|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=0|Name=Stockade at Cochran's|Located=Skookum Chuck|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=2|Name=Unknown|Located=Falls, near Olympia|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Unknown|Located=Tenalquet Prairie|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Unknown|Located=Lewis River|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Unknown|Located=Mime Prairie|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Unknown|Located=Meigs' Mill|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=2|Name=Unknown|Located=Cascades|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Unknown|Located=Boise Fort|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{WashingtonBlocklistSeparator|Title=Built by Regular Troops}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Blockhouse on the Black River|Located=Black River|Source=1|Notes=}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort Maloney|Located=Puyallup River|Source=1,2,3,4|Notes=Built by Captain [[Maurice Maloney]] and [[4th U.S. Infantry]]}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort Mason (6)|Located=Mill Creek, Walla Walla Valley|Source=1,4|Notes=Built by [[9th U.S. Infantry]]}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort Naches|Located=Naches River 9 miles above Yakima |Source=3,4|Notes=Built by Colonel [[George Wright]] and [[9th U.S. Infantry]]}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=4|Name=Fort Simcoe|Located=Toppenish Creek near the site of Haller's defeat near Yakama|Source=2,3,4|Notes=Built by Major [[Robert S. Garnett]] and [[9th U.S. Infantry]]}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort Slaughter|Located=Muckleshoot Prairie|Source=1,2,3,4|Notes=Built by Captain [[Erasmus Darwin]] and [[9th U.S. Infantry]]}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=?|Name=Fort Taylor (3)|Located=East of Starbuck, Vicinity of Walla Walla|Source=4|Notes=Built by Colonel [[George Wright]] and [[9th U.S. Infantry]]}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort Thomas (3)|Located=Green River|Source=1,2,3,4|Notes=Built by [[4th U.S. Infantry]]}} | |||
{{BlockhouseList|Number=1|Name=Fort Townsend|Located=Olympic Peninsula, south of Port Townsend|Source=4|Notes=Built by Captain [[Granville O. Haller]], [[4th U.S. Infantry]]}} | |||
{{BlockhouseListFoot|Source=<br>1. {{Whiting}}, page 4-11<br>2. {{Hart}}, page 177-192<br>3. {{Roberts}}, page829-839,<br>4. [http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=10087 History Link - Forts of Washington Territory]<br>5. {{McDaniel}}}} | |||
Latest revision as of 13:19, 6 August 2022
| No. | Name | Located | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erected at the Expense of the Quartermaster or by Volunteer Troops | ||||
| 1 | Fort Alden | 2.5 miles above Snoqualmie Falls on Rangers's Prairie | 1,4 | Built by Northern Battalion |
| 1 | Fort Borst | Chehalis River below mouth of Skookum Chuck | 1,2,4 | |
| 1 | Fort at Cowlitz Landing | Cowlitz Landing | 1,4 | Stockaded |
| 1 | Fort Decatur | Seattle | 1,4 | |
| 1 | Fort Ebey (2) | On Ebey Island in Snohomish River | 1,4 | |
| 2 | Fort Hays (2) | Connel's Prairie | 1,2,4 | Built by Volunteers |
| 2 | Fort Hicks | Montgomery's | 1,4 | Built by Pioneer Co. |
| 1 | Fort Lander | On Dewamish | 1,4 | Built by Volunteers |
| 1 | Fort at Lone Tree Point | On Lone Tree Point near La Conner | 4,5 | Built by Volunteers |
| 1 | Fort Mason (3) | Wilson's Point | 1,4,5 | |
| 1 | Fort McAllister (2) | South Prairie | 1,4 | Built by Volunteers |
| 1 | Fort Miller (2) | Tenalquot Plains | 1,4 | Built by Volunteers |
| 2 | Fort Pike (4) | Crossing of White River | 1,4 | Built by Volunteers |
| 1 | Fort Posey | Crossing of White River | 1 | |
| 1 | Fort Preston (3) | Michel's Fork of Nisqually | 1,4 | Built by Volunteers Capt. Miller's company |
| 1 | Fort Raglan | Nisqually River, Packards Ferry | 1,4 | Built by Volunteers, Stockaded |
| 1 | Fort Stevens (3) | Yelm Prairie | 1,4 | Built by Volunteers |
| 1 | Fort Tilton | 1.5 miles below Snoqualmie Falls on Rangers's Prairie | 1,4 | Built by Volunteers Northern Battalion |
| 1 | Fort White (2) | Crossing of Puyallup | 1,4 | |
| 2 | Olympia Blockhouse | Olympia | 1,4,5 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Lewis River | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Lowe's on Chambers Praire | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Port Townsend | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Bellingham Bay | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Vancouver | 1 | Built by Capt. Kelly's Company |
| 1 | Unknown | Fourth Prairie | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Washougle | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Klickatat Prairie near Cowlitz | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | French settlement, near Cowlitz Farms | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Skookum Chuck | 1 | |
| Built by Settlers | ||||
| 1 | Alexander Blockhouse | Whidbey Island | 1,4 | |
| 0 | Bush Stockade | Bush's | 1 | |
| 2 | Chambers Blockhouse | Chambers Prairie | 1,4,5 | |
| 2 | Crockett Blockhouse | Whidbey Island | 1,4 | |
| 1 | Davis Blockhouse | Whidbey Island | 1 | |
| 1 | Dofflemyer Blockhouse | Dofflemyer's | 1 | |
| 4 | Ebey Blockhouse | Whidbey Island | 1,4 | |
| 1 | Fort Arkansas | Near Castle Rock, on the East side of Cowlitz River | 1,4 | Built by Henry Jackson |
| 1 | Fort Cagle | Near Castle Rock, on the West side of Cowlitz River | 1,4 | Built by William Cagle |
| 1 | Fort Eaton | Eaton Prairie | 1,4 | Nathan Eaton |
| 2 | Fort Henness | Mound Prairie | 1,4 | |
| 0 | Goodell Stockade | Goodell's | 1 | |
| 1 | Port Gamble Blockhouse | Port Gamble | 1 | Built by Capt. Joshua Keller |
| ? | Fort Nugent | West of Oak Harbor | 4,5 | |
| 0 | Stockade at Cochran's | Skookum Chuck | 1 | |
| 2 | Unknown | Falls, near Olympia | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Tenalquet Prairie | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Lewis River | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Mime Prairie | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Meigs' Mill | 1 | |
| 2 | Unknown | Cascades | 1 | |
| 1 | Unknown | Boise Fort | 1 | |
| Built by Regular Troops | ||||
| 1 | Blockhouse on the Black River | Black River | 1 | |
| 1 | Fort Maloney | Puyallup River | 1,2,3,4 | Built by Captain Maurice Maloney and 4th U.S. Infantry |
| 1 | Fort Mason (6) | Mill Creek, Walla Walla Valley | 1,4 | Built by 9th U.S. Infantry |
| 1 | Fort Naches | Naches River 9 miles above Yakima | 3,4 | Built by Colonel George Wright and 9th U.S. Infantry |
| 4 | Fort Simcoe | Toppenish Creek near the site of Haller's defeat near Yakama | 2,3,4 | Built by Major Robert S. Garnett and 9th U.S. Infantry |
| 1 | Fort Slaughter | Muckleshoot Prairie | 1,2,3,4 | Built by Captain Erasmus Darwin and 9th U.S. Infantry |
| ? | Fort Taylor (3) | East of Starbuck, Vicinity of Walla Walla | 4 | Built by Colonel George Wright and 9th U.S. Infantry |
| 1 | Fort Thomas (3) | Green River | 1,2,3,4 | Built by 4th U.S. Infantry |
| 1 | Fort Townsend | Olympic Peninsula, south of Port Townsend | 4 | Built by Captain Granville O. Haller, 4th U.S. Infantry
|
| Sources: 1. Whiting, J.S., Forts of the State of Washington: A record of Military and Semi-Military Establishments Designated as Forts, Kelly Printing Company, Seattle, Second Edition, 1951, page 4-11 2. Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2, page 177-192 3. Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page829-839, 4. History Link - Forts of Washington Territory 5. McDaniel, Nancy L., A Sound Defense: Military Historical Sites of Puget Sound, Self Published, 2013, 365 pages, ISBN 978-0-9759044-2-8 | ||||