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== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
Nothing remains of this once very active camp. A cabin reportedly built from timbers taken from the Camp sits on a hill overlooking the site. Located on private property | Nothing remains of this once very active camp. A cabin reportedly built from timbers taken from the Camp sits on a hill overlooking the site. Located on private property. | ||
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Name=Camp Lyons| | |||
ID=1118523| | |||
Type=Historical| | |||
Class=Locale| | |||
County=Malheur County| | |||
State=Oregon| | |||
Country= US| | |||
Lat=43.1284887| | |||
Long=-117.0279162| | |||
Ele=4619| | |||
Map=Sheaville| | |||
Date=28 Nov 1980| | |||
Code=41045 | |||
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'''Location:''' | '''Location:''' | ||
On Jordan Creek one mile from the Oregon border in | On Jordan Creek one mile from the Oregon border in Malheur County, Oregon | ||
{{Mapit-US-cityscale|43.1285|-117.0279}} | {{Mapit-US-cityscale|43.1285|-117.0279}} | ||
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[[Category:All]] | [[Category:All]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Oregon All]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Oregon Camps]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Oregon Malheur County]] | ||
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
[[Category:Private Property]] | [[Category:Private Property]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Oregon Not Visited]] | ||
Revision as of 14:53, 24 September 2012
Camp Lyon (1) (1865-1869) - Formally established on June 27th,1865, and named after General Nathaniel Lyon. Abandoned on April 27th,1869.
Camp Lyon (1) History
Camp Lyon was composed of 8 simple buldings of logs with pole and dirt roofs.
Current Status
Nothing remains of this once very active camp. A cabin reportedly built from timbers taken from the Camp sits on a hill overlooking the site. Located on private property.
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1118523
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Location: On Jordan Creek one mile from the Oregon border in Malheur County, Oregon Maps & Images Lat: 43.1285 Long: -117.0279 |
Sources:
- Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2, page 53
- Hart, Herbert M., Old Forts of the Northwest, Bonanza Books., New York NY, 1963, page 126
- 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 253
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