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| [[Category:Oregon Forts]]
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| [[Category:Preserved]]
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| [[Category:State Park]]
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| [[Category:Columbia River Forts]]
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| [[Category:Coastal Forts]]
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| [[Category:Oregon Fort Trail]]
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| [[Image:Fort Stevens.gif|300px|thumb|right|Fort Stevens Battery]]
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| [[Image:Fort Stevens - 42.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Sallyport and Gun for the Earthworks Fort at Fort Stevens]]
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| '''Fort Stevens (1865-1947)''' - Named for General [[Isaac Stevens]] a Governor of the Washington Territory. The fort was built under supervision of the United States Engineers starting in July 1863. It was completed 8 Apr 1865 and was first occupied by a company of the [[Eighth California Volunteers]], 25 April 1865. The garrison was withdrawn in 1882 and the post placed in the charge of an ordinance sergeant.
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| In 1897 Fort Stevens underwent a massive re-fortification program to improve coastal defense that resulted in the construction of 8 concrete batteries around the original site. Two other forts, [[:Category:Fort Canby|Fort Canby]] and [[:Category:Fort Columbia|Fort Columbia]], were built on the Washington side of the Columbia River to complete the Harbor Defense System.
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| Fort Stevens was further modified during [[World War II]] and had the distinction of being the only stateside installation attacked by enemy forces since the war of 1812 when a Japanese submarine I25 fired 17 shells close to the fort. The fort did not return the fire and the submarine went on it's way without inflicting any damage.
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| '''Forts and Batteries on Fort Stevens'''
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| * [[:Image:Fort Stevens - 42.jpg|Earthworks Fort]] - 1863
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| * [[:Image:Fort Stevens - 12.jpg|West Batteries]] - 1898
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| ** [[:Image:Fort Stevens - 15.jpg|Walker]]
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| ** [[:Image:Fort Stevens - 14.jpg|Lewis]]
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| * Battery Clark - 1899
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| * Battery Mishler - 1900
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| * [[:Image:Fort Stevens - 13.jpg|Battery Pratt]] - 1902
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| * Battery Freeman - 1902
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| * Battery Smur - 1902
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| * Battery Russell - 1904
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| * [[:Image:Fort Stevens - 20.jpg|Battery 245]] - 1942
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| ==Current Status==
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| After [[World War II]] Fort Stevens was deactivated and by 1947 all the armament had been removed. Oregon State Parks leased the old fort area in 1975 and continues restoring and interpreting the fort.
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| <googlemap lat="46.206953" lon="-123.962688" zoom="15" width="500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large" icons="http://www.fortwiki.com/mapicons/icon{label}.png>
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| (F) 46.206953, -123.962688, Original Earthworks Fort
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| (F) 46.207116, -123.971878, Battery 245
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| (F) 46.207179, -123.970724, Battery Mishler
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| (F) 46.207124, -123.967141, Battery Pratt
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| (F) 46.207128, -123.968997, West Batteries (Walker and Lewis)
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| </googlemap>
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| '''Location:''' Situated at the mouth of the Columbia River and located nine miles from Astoria in Clatsop County, Oregon.
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| {{Mapit-US-cityscale|46.206953|-123.962688}}
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| * Elevation: Unknown
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| '''Sources:'''
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| * [[Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads]]
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| '''Links:'''
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| * [http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_179.php Fort Stevens State Park]
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| * [http://www.visitftstevens.com/history.htm Friends of Fort Stevens State Park]
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| '''Visited:''' 28 Jan 2007, 15 Feb 2006, 27 Aug 2005
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| ==Picture Gallery==
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| <gallery>
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| Image:Fort Stevens - 16.jpg|Map of Fort Steven Facilities, photo by J Stanton, Feb 2006
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| Image:FortStevensBarracks 1954 8217.jpg|Barracks at Fort Stevens, 1954
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| Image:FortStevensGuardhouse 1954 8219.jpg|Guardhouse at Fort Stevens, 1954
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| Image:FortStevensQtrs 1962 4506.jpg|Officer Quarters at Fort Stevens, 1962
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| Image:Fort Stevens - 12.jpg|Batteries Pratt, Lewis and Walker at Fort Stevens, JStanton, Feb 2006
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| Image:Fort Stevens - 14.jpg|Battery Lewis at Fort Stevens, JStanton, Feb 2006
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| Image:Fort Stevens - 15.jpg|Battery Walker at Fort Stevens, JStanton, Feb 2006
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| Image:Fort Stevens - 13.jpg|Battery Pratt at Fort Stevens, JStanton, Feb 2006
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| Image:Fort Stevens - 26.jpg|Replica of 6-inch Rifle at Battery Pratt, JStanton, Feb 2006
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| Image:Fort Stevens - 31.jpg|Moat Surrounding the Earthworks Fort at Fort Stevens, JStanton, Feb 2006
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| Image:Fort Stevens - 33.jpg|Inside the Earthworks Fort at Fort Stevens, JStanton, Feb 2006
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| Image:Fort Stevens - 20.jpg|Battery 245 at Fort Stevens, JStanton, Feb 2006
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| Image:Fort Stevens - 6.jpg|South Jetty at Fort Stevens, JStanton, Feb 2006
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| </gallery>
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