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== Current Status ==
== Current Status ==
Nothing remains of this once very active camp. 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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Revision as of 18:56, 7 September 2008

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

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Location:

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

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