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'''Fort Smith (185?-185?)''' - This post was located at the stockaded house of [[William Henry Smith]] on Cow Creek and was used by the Oregon Volunteers during the [[Rogue River Indian War]] 1855-56. | '''Fort Smith (185?-185?)''' - This post was located at the stockaded house of [[William Henry Smith]] on Cow Creek and was used by the Oregon Volunteers during the [[Rogue River Indian War]] 1855-56. | ||
== Current Status == | |||
Douglas County, Oregon | |||
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{{GNIS| | |||
Name=Fort Smith| | |||
ID=1158089| | |||
Type=Historical| | |||
Class=Locale| | |||
County=Douglas County| | |||
State=Oregon| | |||
Country= US| | |||
Lat=42.7594444| | |||
Long=-123.3611111| | |||
Ele=1526| | |||
Map=Quines Creek| | |||
Date=1 Nov 1991| | |||
Code=41019 | |||
}} | |||
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Fort Smith<br>(185?-185?) | |||
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* Elevation: 1500' | * Elevation: 1500' | ||
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'''Source:''' | '''Source:''' | ||
* [[Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads]] | * [[Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads]] | ||
* {{Victor}}, page 368 | * {{Victor}}, page 368 | ||
* {{Roberts}}, page 668 | * {{Roberts}}, page 668 | ||
'''Links:''' | |||
* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/West/or.html#smith North American Forts - Fort Smith] | |||
{{Visited|No}} | {{Visited|No}} | ||
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[[Category:Oregon All]] | [[Category:Oregon All]] | ||
[[Category:Oregon Douglas County]] | [[Category:Oregon Douglas County]] | ||
[[Category:Rogue River Indian War Forts]] | |||
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
[[Category:Oregon Not Visited]] | [[Category:Oregon Not Visited]] | ||
Revision as of 11:41, 22 September 2012
Fort Smith (185?-185?) - This post was located at the stockaded house of William Henry Smith on Cow Creek and was used by the Oregon Volunteers during the Rogue River Indian War 1855-56.
Current Status
Douglas County, Oregon
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1158089
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Location: About four miles up Cow Creek from the present town of Glendale, close to the Pacific Highway in Douglas County, Oregon. Maps & Images Lat: 42.75944 Long: -123.36111 |
Source:
- Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads
- Victor, Frances Fuller, The Early Indian Wars of Oregon: compiled from the Oregon Archives and other Original Sources with Muster Rolls, Farnk C. Baker, State Printer, Salem, Oregon, 1894, page 368
- 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, page 668
Links:
Visited: No
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