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'''Location:''' Umatilla County, Oregon, west bank of Umatilla River near the town of Echo. | '''Location:''' Umatilla County, Oregon, west bank of Umatilla River near the town of Echo. Fort Henrietta Park is located on the east side of the river but the actual site of Fort Henrietta is on the west bank. | ||
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Fort Henrietta (1855-1856) - Built by Major Mark Chinn and a detachment of the First Oregon Mounted Rifles in Umatilla County in November 1855 during the Yakima War. It was named for Henrietta Haller, Major Granville Haller's wife who was Major Chinn's commander. The fort was 100 feet square with two round bastions, built of split cottonwood timbers.
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Location: Umatilla County, Oregon, west bank of Umatilla River near the town of Echo. Fort Henrietta Park is located on the east side of the river but the actual site of Fort Henrietta is on the west bank. Maps & Images Lat: 45.741715 Long: -119.198318 |
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Source:
- Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads
- Converse, George L., A Military History of the Columbia Valley: 1848-1865, Pioneer Press Books, Walla Walla, Washington, 1989, ISBN 0-936546-16-6
Pages in category "Fort Henrietta"
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