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List of forts in California
This is a list of forts and camps in California, established by military, commercial and other interests.
List
| Name |
Location |
County |
Date Founded |
Date Abandoned |
Founded by
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| Fort Alcatraz[1] |
San Francisco Bay |
San Francisco |
November 6, 1850 |
1934 |
United States Army
|
| Camp Alert |
Pioneer Race Course |
San Francisco |
1862 |
1865 |
Union Army
|
| Fort Anderson |
Redwood Creek |
Humboldt |
1862
1864 |
1862
1866 |
Union Army
|
| Fort Baker |
near Bridgeville |
Humboldt |
March 23, 1862 |
November 1863 |
Union Army
|
Lime Point Military Reservation
Fort Baker
Fort Barry
Fort Cronkhite |
Golden Gate National Recreation Area |
Marin |
1850
1897 |
1897
2002 |
United States
|
| Bolsa Chica Military Reservation |
Huntington Beach |
Orange |
1942 |
1948? |
United States
|
Benicia Arsenal[2]
Benicia Barracks
Benicia Quartermaster Depot |
Benicia |
Solano County |
April 9, 1849 |
1964 |
United States Army
|
Fort Bragg[3][4]
Camp Bragg |
Fort Bragg |
Mendocino |
Summer 1857 |
1864 |
United States Army
|
Camp Burlington[5]
Camp Burlington-Humboldt
Camp Stephens Grove
Camp Dyerville |
near Dyerville on the Eel River |
Humboldt |
1933 |
1942 |
Civilian Conservation Corps
|
| Camp Cap Eele |
|
|
|
|
|
Drum Barracks
Camp Drum |
Wilmington |
Los Angeles |
1861 |
1871 |
Union Army
|
| Fort Emory |
Coronado |
San Diego |
1942 |
1947 |
United States Army
|
Cantonment Far West[6]
Camp Far West
Fort Far West |
Marysville (Bear Creek) |
Yuba |
September 28, 1849 |
May 4, 1852 |
United States Army
|
| Fort Funston |
Lake Merced Military Reservation |
San Francisco |
1939 |
1963 |
United States Army
|
| Fort Gaston |
Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation |
Humboldt |
December 4, 1859 |
June 29, 1892 |
United States Army
|
| Camp Grant[7] |
near Dyerville on the Eel River |
Humboldt |
October 1863 |
about 1865 |
Union Army
|
| Fort Humboldt |
Eureka |
Humboldt |
1853 |
1866 |
United States Army
|
| Fort Hunter Liggett |
North of the San Luis Obispo County line, bounded by
Pfeiffer Big State Park to the north
|
Monterey |
1940 |
- |
United States Army
|
| Fort Iaqua |
Iaqua |
Humboldt |
August 5, 1863 |
1866 |
Union Army
|
| Fort Irwin |
near Barstow |
San Bernardino |
1940 |
|
United States Army
|
| Fort Jones |
Fort Jones |
Siskiyou |
October 18, 1852 |
June 23, 1858 |
United States Army
|
| Camp Lincoln |
just west of Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park |
Del Norte County, California |
September 1862 |
1870 |
Union Army
United States Army
|
| Camp Low |
San Juan Bautista |
San Benito |
1864 |
1865 |
Union Army
|
Fort MacArthur
White Point Military Reservation |
San Pedro |
Los Angeles |
1888 |
(Still in use) |
United States Army
|
| Fort McDowell |
Angel Island |
San Francisco |
1901 |
1962 |
United States Army
|
| Fort Miley Military Reservation |
Point Lobos, San Francisco |
San Francisco |
1898 |
1949 |
United States Army
|
Camp Barbour[8]
Camp Miller
Fort Miller |
Millerton Lake |
Fresno |
May 26, 1851 |
December 1, 1866 |
United States Army
|
| Presidio of Monterey |
Monterey |
Monterey |
1768 |
still in use by US |
New Spain
|
New San Diego Depot
San Diego Barracks |
New San Diego |
San Diego |
1850
April 5, 1879 |
1879
|
United States Army
|
| Camp No. 27 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Fort Ord |
Monterey |
Monterey |
1917 |
September, 1994 |
United States Army
|
| Camp NacimientoCamp Roberts |
foothills of Santa Lucia Range, between Lake Nacimiento,
Bradley, Valleton, and San Miguel
|
San Luis Obispo - Monterey |
1940 |
- |
United States Army
|
| Fort Ross |
Jenner |
Sonoma |
1812 |
1841 |
Russian-American Company
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| Fort Sacramento |
|
|
|
|
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| Presidio of San Diego |
San Diego |
San Diego |
1769 |
1835 |
Spain
|
| Presidio of San Francisco |
San Francisco |
San Francisco |
1776 |
1994 |
Spain
|
Camp Merriam
Camp San Luis Obispo |
halfway between the cities of Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo |
San Luis Obispo |
1928 |
- |
United States Army
|
| Presidio of Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara |
1782 |
1846 |
Spain
|
| Fort Point |
San Francisco |
San Francisco |
1794 |
1970 |
Spain
|
| Fort Reading |
Redding |
Shasta |
May 26, 1852 |
April 6, 1870 |
United States Army
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| Fort Rosecrans |
San Diego |
San Diego |
1852 |
|
United States Army
|
| Fort Seward |
Fort Seward |
Humboldt |
September 25, 1861 |
April, 1862 |
Union Army
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| Fort Tejon |
Grapevine Canyon |
Kern |
June 24, 1854 |
September 11, 1864 |
United States Army
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| Fort Ter-Waw |
Klamath Glen |
Del Norte |
October 12, 1857 |
June 10, 1862 |
United States Army
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| Camp Wessels |
|
|
|
|
|
Camp at Nome Cult Indian Agency
Fort Wright
Camp Wright |
Round Valley Reservation |
Mendocino |
1858
1862
1875 |
1861
1866
1875 |
United States Army
Union Army
United States Army
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| Fort Winfield Scott |
San Francisco |
San Francisco |
1852 |
1995 |
United States Army
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| Fort Yuma |
across the Colorado River from Yuma, Arizona |
Imperial |
November 27, 1850 |
1885 |
United States Army
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See also
Notes
References
- Heizer, Robert F., The Destruction of California Indians, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 1993. ISBN 0-8032-7262-6.
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