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'''{{PAGENAME}} (1855- | '''{{PAGENAME}} (1855-1856)''' - This fort was never a military establishment but was built by Curry County settlers and miners. The fort was completed by 1st Lt. [[Relf Bledsoe]] and used to house 130 settlers from a hostile Indian uprising in Feb 1856 during the [[Rogue River Indian War]] (1855-56). | ||
== Current Status == | |||
Curry County, Oregon | |||
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{{GNIS| | |||
Name=Fort Miner| | |||
ID=1162603| | |||
Type=Historical| | |||
Class=Military| | |||
County=Curry County| | |||
State=Oregon| | |||
Country= US| | |||
Lat=42.4512218| | |||
Long=-124.4234398| | |||
Ele=131| | |||
Map=Gold Beach| | |||
Date=22 May 1986| | |||
Code=41015 | |||
}} | |||
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(F) 42.45139, -124.42222 | (F) 42.45139, -124.42222 | ||
Fort Miner<br>(1855-1856) | |||
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{{Mapit-US-cityscale|42.45139|-124.42222}} | {{Mapit-US-cityscale|42.45139|-124.42222}} | ||
* Elevation: | * Elevation: 131' | ||
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'''Sources:''' | '''Sources:''' | ||
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'''Links:''' | '''Links:''' | ||
* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/West/or.html#miner North American Forts - Fort Miner] | |||
{{Visited|No}} | {{Visited|No}} | ||
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[[Category:Oregon All]] | [[Category:Oregon All]] | ||
[[Category:Oregon Curry County]] | [[Category:Oregon Curry County]] | ||
[[Category:Rogue River Indian War Forts]] | |||
[[Category:Private Property]] | [[Category:Private Property]] | ||
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
[[Category:Oregon Not Visited]] | [[Category:Oregon Not Visited]] | ||
Revision as of 08:28, 22 September 2012
Fort Miner (1855-1856) - This fort was never a military establishment but was built by Curry County settlers and miners. The fort was completed by 1st Lt. Relf Bledsoe and used to house 130 settlers from a hostile Indian uprising in Feb 1856 during the Rogue River Indian War (1855-56).
Current Status
Curry County, Oregon
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1162603
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Location: About a mile and a half north of the mouth of the Rogue River near the ocean in Curry County, Oregon. (may not be correct location) Maps & Images Lat: 42.45139 Long: -124.42222 |
Sources:
- Sovereigns of Themselves: A Liberating History of Oregon and Its Coast, Volume VII, Abridged Online Edition, Compiled By M. Constance Guardino III And Rev. Marilyn A. Riedel, copyright January 2006 Maracon Productions
- Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2, page 136
- 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 371
- Victor, Frances Fuller, The Early Indian Wars of Oregon: compiled from the Oregon Archives and other Original Sources with Muster Rolls, Farnk C. Baker, State Printer, Salem, Oregon, 1894, page 381
Links:
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