...mont]] on the border of present day San Benito County and Monterey County, California. Abandoned in 1846. Also known as '''Fort Fremont Peak'''.
...ll expeditionary force to California. When Fremont and his men reached the Monterey area, Mexican General [[Jose Castro]] ordered Fremont to leave. Fremont’s p
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...present day Monterey County, California. Associated with the [[Presidio of Monterey (1)]] Secularized in 1835. Named for Our Lady of Solitude. Also known as [[
...r [[Fermin Lasuen]], as the 13th of twenty-one Spanish missions founded in California.
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...day Jolon, Monterey County, California. Associated with the [[Presidio of Monterey]]. Named for Saint Anthony of Padua. Secularized in 1834. Also known as Mis
...r [[Junipero Serra]], as the 3rd of twenty-one Spanish missions founded in California. Also known as [[Mission San Antonio]].
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...Monterey, Monterey County, California. Associated with the [[Presidio of Monterey]]. Named for Archbishop Charles Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan, Italy. Secul
...initially operated from the nearby [[Presidio of Monterey (1)|Presidio of Monterey]] but moved his operations to Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo on 24
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...1846) - A Spanish Fort established in 1792 in present day Monterey County, California. Abandoned in 1846.
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...tt Military Reservation]] just before [[World War II]] in Monterey County, California. Named for Lieutenant General [[Hunter Liggett]] {{Cullum|2800}}, who serve
...icer club and visitor quarters. The post was a sub-post of [[Camp Roberts (California)]] until 1952 and then a sub-post of [[Fort Ord]] until November 1993 when
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...new location south of Capitola near Watsonville also in Santa Cruz County, California Named Camp McQuaide after Major [[Joseph P. McQuaide]] Chaplain [[250th Coa
...al service on 16 Sep 1940 at San Francisco and moved to [[Camp McQuaide]], California 23 Sep 1940. The 250th was deployed to various Alaskan sites on 19 Sep 1941
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...ust before [[World War II]] in Monterey County and San Luis Obispo County, California. Renamed Camp Roberts for Corporal [[Harold W. Roberts]], posthumous Medal
...953) but officially closed as a U.S. Army camp in 1970. On 2 Apr 1971, the California National Guard took possession and the post now supports National Guard, Re
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...h Governor [[Gaspar de Portola]] in present day Monterey, Monterey County, California. Became a Mexican fortification after the [[Mexican War of Independence]].
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...Bautista, San Benito County, California. Associated with the [[Presidio of Monterey]] Named for Saint John the Baptist. Secularized in 1835.
...r [[Fermin Lasuen]], as the 15th of twenty-one Spanish missions founded in California.
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...spo, San Luis Obispo County, California. Associated with the [[Presidio of Monterey]]. Named for Saint Louis, Bishop of Toulouse. Secularized in 1835. Also kno
...r [[Junipero Serra]], as the 5th of twenty-one Spanish missions founded in California.
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...7 at the base of Ballast Point in present day San Diego, San Diego County, California. Abandoned in 1838. Also known as [[El Castillo de San Joaquin]].
...ials shipped in from other Alta Califonia locations, including planks from Monterey and cart axels from Santa Barbara. The fortification structures included a
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...iguel, San Luis Obispo County, California. Associated with the Presidio of Monterey. Named for Saint Michael the Archangel. Secularized in 1834. Also known as
...r [[Fermin Lasuen]], as the 16th of twenty-one Spanish missions founded in California.
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...ort Savannah''', '''Post at Monterey''', '''Monterey Ordnance Depot''', '''Monterey Barracks''' and '''Ord Barracks'''.
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...[Camp Gigling]] during [[World War I]] on Monterey Bay in Monterey County, California. Renamed [[Camp Ord]] in 1939 and Fort Ord in 1940 after Major General [[E
...itary Reservation came to consist of about 28,000 acres north of Monterey, California. The main post was located along the Pacific Ocean on both sides of U.S. Ro
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...Point. He died on active duty 7 Dec 1852 at [[Benicia Barracks]], Benicia, California.
...ia. He is buried in plot 76 of the Benicia Arsenal Post Cemetery, Benicia, California.
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...ed to the [[3rd U.S. Artillery]]. He received a brevet for his services in California during the [[Mexican War]] but resigned in 1853 as a captain and commissary
...years until the [[U.S. Civil War]] were not filled with success. Living in California and Kansas, he failed in banking and the law. In 1859 he seemed to have fou
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'''Braxton Bragg (1817-1876)''' - born in Warren County, North Carolina, 22 Mar 1817. He died at Galveston, Texas, 27 Sep 1876. He
...defense of [[:Category:Fort Brown (Texas)|Fort Brown]], major for valor at Monterey, and lieutenant-colonel for his special services at Buena Vista. He became
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...in the Dakota Territory (both since renamed to Coleville City and Bennett County, North Dakota).
He was engaged in the Battle of Monterey, 21-23 Sep 1846, the Siege of Vera Cruz, 9-29 Mar 1847, the Capture of San
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