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=={{PAGENAME}} History== | =={{PAGENAME}} History== | ||
Established to keep Cow Creek Road open. Camp Elliff had no permanent structures and was abandoned in late 1856. | Established to keep Cow Creek Road open. Camp Elliff had no permanent structures and was abandoned in late 1856. | ||
==Current Status== | == Current Status == | ||
Douglas County, Oregon | |||
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{{GNIS| | |||
Name=Camp Elliff| | |||
ID=1134130| | |||
Type=Historical| | |||
Class=Military| | |||
County=Douglas County| | |||
State=Oregon| | |||
Country= US| | |||
Lat=42.8070647| | |||
Long=-123.2520066| | |||
Ele=1696| | |||
Map=Quines Creek| | |||
Date=1 Nov 1991| | |||
Code=41019 | |||
}} | |||
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{{Mapit-US-cityscale|42.798959|-123.249822}} | {{Mapit-US-cityscale|42.798959|-123.249822}} | ||
* Elevation: | * Elevation: 1696' | ||
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'''Links:''' | '''Links:''' | ||
* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/West/or.html#elliff North American Forts - Camp Elliff] | |||
{{Visited|No}} | {{Visited|No}} | ||
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[[Category:Oregon All]] | [[Category:Oregon All]] | ||
[[Category:Oregon Douglas County]] | [[Category:Oregon Douglas County]] | ||
[[Category:Rogue River Indian War Forts]] | |||
[[Category:Needs Work]] | [[Category:Needs Work]] | ||
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
[[Category:Oregon Not Visited]] | [[Category:Oregon Not Visited]] | ||
Revision as of 08:51, 22 September 2012
Camp Elliff (1855-1856) - Established during the Rogue River Indian War of 1855-1856 by Captain Laban Buoy and a detachment of Company B, 2nd Oregon Mounted Volunteers. Also known as Camp Eliff and Fort Elliff.
Camp Elliff History
Established to keep Cow Creek Road open. Camp Elliff had no permanent structures and was abandoned in late 1856.
Current Status
Douglas County, Oregon
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1134130
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Location: Douglas County, Oregon, where the old Pacific Highway reaches the Cow Creek Valley. Map location approximate. Maps & Images Lat: 42.798959 Long: -123.249822 |
Sources:
- 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 146
- Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads
Links:
Visited: No
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