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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.
On September 19, 2006, NPS submitted to Congress its final report which concluded that a number of national resources in and around Fort Hunter Liggett including the Milpitas Hacienda complex were suitable for inclusion in the national park system but that such an action was not currently feasible because none of the land or buildings were ...
Now a hotel and recreation facility within Fort Hunter Liggett known as The Hacienda. [44] 32: Mission Nuestra Senora de la Soledad Historic District: Mission Nuestra Senora de la Soledad Historic District: June 27, 2014 : 36641 Fort Romie Rd.
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. Additional land was acquired from the Army in 1950 to increase the mission area to over 85 acres (34 hectares). This fort is still actively training troops today.
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 ...
Hunter Liggett Military Reservation, Jolon, California: Coordinates: Area: 1,200 square feet (110 m 2) Built: 1865; 159 years ago () Architectural style: Spanish architecture: NRHP reference No. 74000537 [1] Added to NRHP: June 7, 1974
Jolon (/ h oʊ ˈ l oʊ n /; Spanish: Jolón; [2] Salinan: Xolon) [3] is a small unincorporated village in southern Monterey County, California. [1] Jolon is located on the San Antonio River Valley, west of Salinas Valley and is entirely surrounded by Fort Hunter Liggett.
Under the leadership Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Martson the camp was built in 1940, as a World War II training center. At its peak it housed 45,000 troops in 1945. The camp opened as the Camp Nacimiento Replacement Training Center, but the name was changed, to honor Corporal Harold W. Roberts, a tank driver in World War I who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.