Camp San Carlos: Difference between revisions

From FortWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
John Stanton (talk | contribs)
No edit summary
Bill Thayer (talk | contribs)
typo (space inserted); also a link
Line 7: Line 7:
|width="50%"|<!--[[Image:.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Camp San Carlos]]-->
|width="50%"|<!--[[Image:.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Camp San Carlos]]-->
|-
|-
|colspan="2"|[[File:Camp San Carlos Vicinity - Coolidge Dam.jpg|795px|thumb|center|Coolidge dam and San Carlos Lake, Camp San Carlos Site SubmergedUnder San Carlos lake. ]]
|colspan="2"|[[File:Camp San Carlos Vicinity - Coolidge Dam.jpg|795px|thumb|center|Coolidge dam and San Carlos Lake, Camp San Carlos Site Submerged under San Carlos lake. ]]
|}
|}
== History of Camp San Carlos ==
== History of Camp San Carlos ==
Line 38: Line 38:
'''Links:'''  
'''Links:'''  
* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/West/az.html#carlos North American Forts - Camp San Carlos]
* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/West/az.html#carlos North American Forts - Camp San Carlos]
* [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Journals/Military_Affairs/12/2/An_Indian_Reservation_under_General_Crook*.html "An Indian Reservation under General George Crook" (''Military Affairs'' 12:91‑102)]


{{Visited|4 Mar 2015}}
{{Visited|4 Mar 2015}}

Revision as of 04:28, 25 October 2016

Camp San Carlos (1873-1900) - A U.S. Army cavalry camp first established in 1873 on a previously occupied site on the San Carlos Apache Indian Agency, Gila County, Arizona. Abandoned in 1900. Also known as Post at San Carlos.

Coolidge dam and San Carlos Lake, Camp San Carlos Site Submerged under San Carlos lake.

History of Camp San Carlos

Officially established on 29 May 1873 by I Troop, 5th U.S. Cavalry at the San Carlos Indian Reservation on the north side of the San Carlos River. The camp was a subpost of Fort Grant from 10 Oct 1894 to 30 Sep 1898.

Abandoned in July 1900.

Current Status

Under San Carlos Lake, Gila County, Arizona.


{"selectable":false,"width":"500"}

Location: Under San Carlos Lake, Gila County, Arizona. Map point is approximate and not visually verified.

Maps & Images

Lat: 33.1769996 Long: -110.5157661

  • Multi Maps from ACME
  • Maps from Bing
  • Maps from Google
  • Elevation: .....'

See Also:

Sources:

  • 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 46
  • Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2, page 15
  • Post returns available Oct 1882 - Jun 1900 at Ancestry.com (by Subscription)

Links:

Visited: 4 Mar 2015