Camp Henderson: Difference between revisions

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Camp Henderson (1864-1866) - Established 26 May 1864 during the Snake War by Captain George B. Curry, 1st Oregon Volunteer Cavalry and named after J.H.D. Henderson, U.S. Congressman from Oregon (1865-1867).


Camp Henderson Locale.

No visible remains and no markers.

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Location: Crooked Creek, just south of the U.S. Hwy 95 Bridge in Malheur County, Oregon.

Maps & Images

Lat: 42.80444 Long: -117.73278

See Also:

Sources:

Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads
McArthur, Lewis A. & McArthur, Lewis L., Oregon Geographic Names, Oregon Historical Society Press; 7 edition (December 2003), 1073 pages, ISBN 0875952771, ISBN 978-0875952772, page 147
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1851661

Links:

Visited: 19 Jul 2017

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