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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:'''  
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On Jordan Creek one mile from the Oregon border in Owyhee County, Idaho.
On Jordan Creek one mile from the Oregon border in Malheur County, Oregon


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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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