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Fort Hunter Liggett is a United States Army post in Jolon, California, in southern Monterey County, California. The fort, named in 1941 after General Hunter Liggett , is primarily used as a training facility, where activities such as field maneuvers and live fire exercises are performed.
Jolon is located on the San Antonio River Valley, west of Salinas Valley and is entirely surrounded by Fort Hunter Liggett. The origins of Jolon date to 1771, when the Spanish established Mission San Antonio de Padua, under the command of Saint Junípero Serra.
Historians consider the Mission's pastoral location in the valley of the San Antonio River along the Santa Lucia Mountains as an outstanding example of early mission life. The mission is surrounded by the Fort Hunter Liggett Military Reservation, which was acquired by the U.S. Army from the Hearst family during World War II to train troops ...
The United Kingdom has four bases located in Nevada, California, Georgia and South Carolina.” ... British forces also train at California’s Camp Roberts and Fort Hunter Liggett, ...
Hunter Liggett (March 21, 1857 − December 30, 1935) was a senior United States Army officer. His 42 years of military service spanned the period from the Indian campaigns to the trench warfare of World War I .
The river's upper reaches are inside Fort Hunter Liggett, ... The Cone Peak Gradient Research Natural Area located near the source of the Nacimiento River is an ...
Camp Roberts is roughly 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of Fort Hunter Liggett. Camp Roberts is host to annual training for California Army National Guard units and the British Army [citation needed]. As of 2014, Camp Roberts is undergoing major renovations, including demolition of World War II-era barracks.
The Adobe is located on Fort Hunter Liggett, near Jolon, in the southwestern part of Monterey County, California. The rancho adobe exemplifies the architecture style and cattle ranching economy prevalent in the Salinas Valley during the era of cattle ranching, which preceded the transition to vegetable farming dependent on irrigation.