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California Gold Rush Era Forts (1852-1858) (edit list)

Name	Est	Left	County	Notes
Fort Jones (2)	1852	1858	Siskiyou	Major Edward H. Fitzgerald, 1st U.S. Dragoons
Fort Crook (2)	1857	1869	Shasta	Captain John W.T. Gardiner, 1st U.S. Dragoons
Fort Reading	1852	1856	Shasta	1st Lt. Nelson H. Davis, 2nd U.S. Infantry
Fort Far West	1849	1852	Yuba
Fort Humboldt	1853	1866	Humboldt	Captain Robert C. Buchanan, 4th U.S. Infantry
Fort Miller (1)	1851	1864	Fresno	Major Albert S. Miller, 2nd U.S. Infantry
Fort Tejon	1854	1864	Kern	1st Lt. Thomas F. Castor, 1st U.S. Dragoons
Benicia Barracks	1849	1964	Solano	Bvt. Lt. Colonel Silas Casey, 2nd U.S. Infantry
San Diego Barracks	1850	1921	San Diego	Captain Nathaniel Lyon, 2nd U.S. Infantry
Fort Yuma	1850	1885	Imperial	Bvt. Major Samuel P. Heintzelman, 2nd U.S. Infantry
Fort Ter-Waw	1857	1862	Del Norte	1st Lt. George Crook, 4th U.S. Infantry
Camp Lincoln (4)	1862	1869	Del Norte	Major James F. Curtis, 2nd California Infantry Replaced Fort Ter-Waw
Fort Bragg (2)	1857	1864	Mendocino	1st Lt. Horatio Gates Gibson, 3rd U.S. Artillery
Fort Gaston	1858	1894	Humboldt	Captain Edmund Underwood, 4th U.S. Infantry