Camp Castaway

Camp Castaway (1852-1852) - Established 3 Jan 1852 by Lt. H.W. Stanton, C troop of the 1st U.S. Dragoons, and the other survivors of the transport ship Captain Lincoln. The transport sailed from San Francisco bound for Fort Orford and was wrecked just north of the entrance to Coos Bay Harbor. The camp abandoned after about 4 months.

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Location: North of the entrance to Coos Bay near where the New Carissa went aground in 1999. Map location is approximate. Maps & Images Lat: 43.397502 Long: -124.308028 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation:

Sources:

• 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 143

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