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Fort Douglas (initially called Camp Douglas) was established in October 1862, during the American Civil War, as a small military garrison about three miles east of Salt Lake City, Utah. Its purpose was to protect the overland mail route and telegraph lines along the Central Overland Route .
Fort Cass: Pueblo area Pueblo 1834 1835 Trading post No remains [4] Fort Convenience: Welby area Adams: 1834 1835 Trading post No remains [4] Bent's Old Fort: Fort William [a] La Junta area Otero: 1834 1849 Trading post National Historic Site and museum [4] Fort Le Duc: Fort Maurice, Buzzard's Roost, El Cuervo Wetmore area Custer: 1830s 1854 ...
Map of the small U.S. military installations, ranges and training areas in the continental United States. This is a list of military installations owned or used by the United States Armed Forces both in the United States and around the world.
Fort Cameron; Fort Douglas - A small portion of the fort is still used as the Stephen A. Douglas Armed Forces Reserve Center. Fort Duchesne; Fort Thornburgh - Housed the soldiers preventing the Ute people from leaving the nearby Uintah Valley and Uncompahgre/Ouray Reservations. Gilson Butte - Former rocket testing facility.
Camp Orem originally held 200 interned Japanese-Americans, who were later replaced by 60 Italian POWs from Fort Douglas in 1944, who were subsequently replaced in 1945 by 350 Germans. [19] By the end of the war, the camp consisted of 3 large barracks, a mess hall, bathrooms, and 42 additional tent cabins to house prisoners. [ 19 ]
Fort Nisqually, rebuilt as a living history museum; Fort Okanogan; Fort Simcoe, open to the public; Fort Spokane; Fort Steilacoom, open to the public; Fort Townsend; Fort Vancouver, open to the public; Fort Walla Walla, open to the public; Fort Ward, open to the public; Fort Whitman; Fort Worden, open to the public
Fort Caspar Museum and Historic Site: Casper: Natrona: Central: Military: Includes reconstructed log fort buildings and a museum Fort Fetterman Historic Site: Douglas: Converse: Southeast: Military: Trail through mid 19th-century fort ruins, restored officer's quarters and an ordnance warehouse with exhibits Fort Laramie National Historic Site ...
Fort Fetterman was built as a major supply point for the United States army's operations in the area. Established on July 19, 1867, by Companies A, C, H, and I of the 4th U.S. Infantry under the command of Major William E. Dye, the fort was named in honor of Captain William J. Fetterman, [2] who was killed in a battle with Indians near Fort Phil Kearny on December 21, 1866.