Camp Warner (1)
Camp Warner (1) (1866-1867) - Established 15 Jul 1866 by Federal soldiers from Boise, Idaho and moved 1 sep 1867 to a new location Camp Warner (2).
Camp Warner (1) History
The first Camp Warner was a temporary camp built when winter closed in on the troops. General Crooked arrived in the spring of 1867 and ordered the camp be moved west of the initial location to a lower elevation. He had a stone causeway built across Lake Hart so the wagons could reach the new location.
Current Status
Only a few indentations remain where stone fireplaces may have been. Two lonely marble slabs mark the graves of Ward Cantrell, born 1846, died 1867, and Lewis Debold, born 1847, died 1866.
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Location:East side of Warner Valley, Lake County, Oregon, near the site of the Order of the Antelope Blue Sky Hotel, now closed. Maps & Images Lat: 42.430426 Long: -119.729176 |
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 152-153.
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