Nevada Military Forts
Alphabetical
list of forts, reservations, blockhouses, named camps, National
and State Homes for soldiers, national cemeteries, etc., in the
United States from its earliest settlement to date.
Many of the forts and structures
named were erected by the early settlers for their own
protection, and all vestige of them has now disappeared. The
exact locations of many are not positively known at the present
day, but reference is made to them in State histories, State
papers, etc. Those in bold-faced type are now occupied by troops
or are under the control of the War Department.(does not apply)
The data available for consultation are known to be incomplete,
and may be erroneous in some instances.
Carlin,
reservation at, Nevada.
Churchill, Fort, Nevada, on Carson
River, in Churchill County.
Dun Glen, Camp, Nevada in Humboldt County.
Halleck,
Fort, Nevada in Elko County; now town of that name, 12 miles
south of Halleck Station.
McDermit,
Fort, Nevada on Quinns River, in Humboldt County.
McGarry, Camp, Nevada at Summit Springs, Lassen County.
Nye, Camp,
Nevada near Carson City.
Ruby, Fort,
Nevada in Ruby Valley.
Sadler, Camp,
Nevada at Carson City.
Scott, Winfield, Camp, Nevada in Paradise Valley.
Winfield
Scott, Camp, Nevada in Paradise Valley.
Military
Forts
Source: Historical Register and
Dictionary of the United States Army, Volume 2, by Francis B.
Heitman, Government Printing Office, 1903.
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