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'''{{PAGENAME}} (1855-185?)''' - This fort was never a military establishment but was built by Curry County settlers and miners. The fort was used during the [[Rogue River Indian War]] (1855-56) | '''{{PAGENAME}} (1855-185?)''' - 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). | ||
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* [http://ftp.wi.net/~census/lesson40.html 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 | * [http://ftp.wi.net/~census/lesson40.html 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 | ||
* {{OregonGeographicNames}}, page | * {{Hart}}, page 136 | ||
* [[Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads]] | |||
* {{OregonGeographicNames}}, page 371 | |||
* {{Victor}}, page 381 | |||
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Revision as of 21:55, 12 November 2007
Fort Miner (1855-185?) - 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).
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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 |
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- 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
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