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Fort Gaston was founded on December 4, 1859, in the redwood forests of the Hoopa Valley, in Northern California, on the west bank of the Trinity River, 14 miles (23 km) from where the Trinity flows into the Klamath River. It was located in what is now the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation. Fort Gaston as part of the Humboldt Military District was intended to control the Hupa Indians and to protect them from hostile white settlers. The post was named for 2nd Lieutenant William Gaston, of the First Dragoons, who had been killed May 17, 1858, during the Spokane–Coeur d'Alene–Paloos War.[1][2]
Fort Gaston, from 1866 to 1867 officially designated as Camp Gaston, is not to be confused with Camp Gaston, on the Colorado River (sometimes erroneously called Fort Gaston). That Camp Gaston was also named after 2nd Lt. William Gaston and was founded as an advance base in April 1859 near Palo Verde, California, during the Mohave War.
^Located in the Hoopa Valley.
^Historic California Posts: Fort Gaston (Camp Gaston) (Humboldt County)
FortGaston was founded on December 4, 1859, in the redwood forests of the Hoopa Valley, in Northern California, on the west bank of the Trinity River...
miles from FortGaston, Cal., in which Captain Ousley and two privates were wounded. It fought a Skirmish at Christian Prairie near FortGaston: On December...
Camp Gaston, sometimes called FortGaston is a former U. S. Army camp, that was located 3 miles west of the old original course of the Colorado River south...
as FortGaston in Hoopa and Fort Bragg in northern Mendocino County. At its peak, the fort had 14 buildings all of crude plank construction. The fort was...
for FortGaston via San Francisco and arrived there December 22, 1863, and duty there until September 16, 1864. Marched from FortGaston, to Fort Humboldt...
is a list of forts and camps in California, established by military, commercial and other interests. Geography of California List of forts The California...
near FortGaston on March 5. Left for Stephens' Camp on the 9th, scouted the South Fork of Trinity River, and returned to camp near FortGaston on the...
Pedro de Santa Barbara, they built the first Christian church near the fort (Gaston Park before). Coincidentally, it was finished on August 28, 1780 – the...
other forts in the area. Ulysses S. Grant was briefly stationed here prior to the war. Fort Humboldt supported Camp Curtis, FortGaston, Camp Lyon, Fort Baker...
centralized under amendable leadership. There wasn't a fort located in this vicinity until 1858, when FortGaston was established in modern Hoopa. The terms drafted...
gradually returned from the south to their lands. The U. S. Army established FortGaston among the Hupa people on the Trinity River and later posts in the Eel...
Hart, Herbert M., Historic California Posts: FortGaston(Camp Gaston) (Humboldt County), in Pioneer Forts of the Far West, 1965, The California State Military...
remounted later without leaving the fort. In 1920 the Driggs-Seabury M1898 3-inch guns of Batteries Craig and Gaston were removed due to a general removal...
New Company "B" - Ordered to Fort Humboldt April 5, 1865, thence to FortGaston, and duty there until muster out. Company "C" - This company was recruited...
"Alex Paul GastonFort Brescia". Bloomberg. Retrieved December 25, 2017. "Rosa Brescia Cafferata". Forbes. Retrieved December 25, 2017. "Alex Fort Brescia"...
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from the attacks by the Whilkut. Later, Captain Underwood established FortGaston among the Hupa people on the Trinity River and commanded its garrison...
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