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Revision as of 19:10, 19 January 2013
Fort Moore (2) (1846-1849) - First established as Fort Hill, a U.S. Marine fort in 1846 during the Mexican War by Captain Archibald H. Gillespie in preset day downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. The Marines were ejected from the site in September 1846 but the U.S. Army returned and established Post at Los Angeles in January 1847. Later named for Captain Benjamin D. Moore, 1st US Dragoons, who was killed 6 Dec 1846 at the battle of San Pascual in San Diego County. Abandoned in 1849.
Fort Moore History
Current Status
Fort Moore Pioneer Memorial, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1744883
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Location: Fort Moore Pioneer Memorial, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. Maps & Images Lat: 34.05836 Long: -118.24242 |
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 80
- Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2,page 30
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