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'''Fort Smith (185?-185?)''' - This post was located at the house of [[William Henry Smith]] on Cow Creek and was used by the Oregon Volunteers during the [[Rogue River Indian War]] 1855-56. | '''Fort Smith (185?-185?)''' - This post was located at the stockaded house of [[William Henry Smith]] on Cow Creek and was used by the Oregon Volunteers during the [[Rogue River Indian War]] 1855-56. | ||
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{{Mapit-US-cityscale|42.75944|-123.36111}} | {{Mapit-US-cityscale|42.75944|-123.36111}} | ||
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* [[Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads]] | * [[Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads]] | ||
* {{Victor}}, page 368 | * {{Victor}}, page 368 | ||
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Revision as of 18:45, 4 July 2008
Fort Smith (185?-185?) - This post was located at the stockaded house of William Henry Smith on Cow Creek and was used by the Oregon Volunteers during the Rogue River Indian War 1855-56.
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Location: About four miles up Cow Creek from the present town of Glendale, close to the Pacific Highway in Douglas County, Oregon. Maps & Images Lat: 42.75944 Long: -123.36111 |
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- Oregon Military History, Forts-Camps-Roads
- Victor, Frances Fuller, The Early Indian Wars of Oregon: compiled from the Oregon Archives and other Original Sources with Muster Rolls, Farnk C. Baker, State Printer, Salem, Oregon, 1894, page 368
- Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 668
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