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[[Image:|300px|thumb|left|]] | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1859-1868) - Established in 1859 by Captain [[James H. Carleton]], [[1st U.S. Dragoons]] and named after Lieutenant [[Edward F. Beale]], U.S. Navy, of camel experiment fame. Abandoned at the end of the [[U.S. Civil War]] and reoccupied in 1866. Finally abandoned in 1868. Also known as [[Fort Piute]], [[Fort Piute Hill]]. | ||
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== {{PAGENAME}} History == | == {{PAGENAME}} History == | ||
One of a chain of military stations erected to protect the travel route from San Bernardino across the Mojave Desert to [[Fort Mojave]]. All were strategically situated near sources of water. Constructed of rock. | One of a chain of military stations erected to protect the travel route from San Bernardino across the Mojave Desert to [[Fort Mojave]]. All were strategically situated near sources of water. Constructed of rock. | ||
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'''Location:''' Near Piute Springs, San Bernardino County, California, about 25 miles west of [[Fort Mojave]] | '''Location:''' Near Piute Springs, San Bernardino County, California, about 25 miles west of [[Fort Mojave]]. | ||
{{Mapit-US-cityscale|35. | {{Mapit-US-cityscale|35.114901|-114.985175}} | ||
* Elevation: 2,835' | * Elevation: 2,835' | ||
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'''Sources:''' | '''Sources:''' | ||
* {{Hart}}, page 31 | * {{Hart}}, page 31. | ||
* {{Frazer}}, page 28-29 | * {{Frazer}}, page 28-29. | ||
* {{Roberts}}, page 83 | * {{Roberts}}, page 83. | ||
'''Links: ''' | '''Links: ''' | ||
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Fort Beale (1859-1868) - Established in 1859 by Captain James H. Carleton, 1st U.S. Dragoons and named after Lieutenant Edward F. Beale, U.S. Navy, of camel experiment fame. Abandoned at the end of the U.S. Civil War and reoccupied in 1866. Finally abandoned in 1868. Also known as Fort Piute, Fort Piute Hill. Fort Beale HistoryOne of a chain of military stations erected to protect the travel route from San Bernardino across the Mojave Desert to Fort Mojave. All were strategically situated near sources of water. Constructed of rock. Current StatusRuins on private land.
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