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'''{{PAGENAME}} (1852-1852)''' - Established 3 Jan 1852 by Lt. [[H.W. Stanton]], C troop of the [[1st U.S. Dragoons]], and the other survivors of the transport ship Captain Lincoln. The transport sailed from San Francisco bound for [[Fort Orford]] and was wrecked just north of the entrance to Coos Bay Harbor. The camp abandoned after about 4 months.
'''{{PAGENAME}} (1852-1852)''' - Established 3 Jan 1852 by Lt. [[H.W. Stanton]], C troop of the [[1st U.S. Dragoons]], and the other survivors of the transport ship Captain Lincoln. The transport sailed from San Francisco bound for [[Fort Orford]] and was wrecked just north of the entrance to Coos Bay Harbor. The camp abandoned in May 1852.
=={{PAGENAME}} History==
=={{PAGENAME}} History==
==Current Status==
==Current Status==
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'''Location:''' North of the entrance to Coos Bay near where the New Carissa went aground in 1999. Map location is approximate.
'''Location:''' Two miles north of the entrance to Coos Bay near where the New Carissa went aground in 1999. Map location is approximate.


{{Mapit-US-cityscale|43.397502|-124.308028}}
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* Elevation: sea level
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* [[Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads]]
* [[Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads]]
* {{OregonGeographicNames}}, page 143
* {{OregonGeographicNames}}, page 143
* {{Bancroft}}, page


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Revision as of 19:20, 23 October 2007




Camp Castaway (1852-1852) - Established 3 Jan 1852 by Lt. H.W. Stanton, C troop of the 1st U.S. Dragoons, and the other survivors of the transport ship Captain Lincoln. The transport sailed from San Francisco bound for Fort Orford and was wrecked just north of the entrance to Coos Bay Harbor. The camp abandoned in May 1852.

Camp Castaway History

Current Status

Unknown

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Location: Two miles north of the entrance to Coos Bay near where the New Carissa went aground in 1999. Map location is approximate.

Maps & Images

Lat: 43.397502 Long: -124.308028

  • Multi Maps from ACME
  • Maps from Bing
  • Maps from Google
  • Elevation: sea level

Sources:

  • Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads
  • McArthur, Lewis A. & McArthur, Lewis L., Oregon Geographic Names, Oregon Historical Society Press; 7 edition (December 2003), 1073 pages, ISBN 0875952771, ISBN 978-0875952772, page 143
  • Bancroft, Hubert H., The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft Volume 30:History of Oregon, Volume 2 1848-1888, The History Company, San Francisco, Copyright 1888, page

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