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[http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/f/FORTCAMERON.html Fort Cameron] -- Located just east of Beaver City, it served as a military post from 1872 to 1883. It later became a school, the Beaver Branch of Brigham Young Academy. That school closed when the state legislature required each county to provide tuition-free schools. One of the original buildings now serves as a private residence and some evidence of other remains of the fort exists. | [http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/f/FORTCAMERON.html Fort Cameron] -- Located just east of Beaver City, it served as a military post from 1872 to 1883. It later became a school, the Beaver Branch of Brigham Young Academy. That school closed when the state legislature required each county to provide tuition-free schools. One of the original buildings now serves as a private residence and some evidence of other remains of the fort exists. | ||
[http://www.facilities.utah.edu/fd/history/history.html Fort Douglas] -- Located on the east bench of Salt Lake City, adjacent to the University of Utah. It was created in 1862 as Camp Douglas and was renamed [http://www.onlineutah.com/fortdouglashistory.shtml Fort Douglas] in 1878. It continued in use as a U.S. military post until 1991. It still is headquarters for several reserve units. Many of the buildings are preserved and a museum is open to the public. Textual records of this fort, 1869-1907, including registers, reports, and correspondence, are in the National Archives and are described in [http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/393.html Records of United States Army, Continental Commands, 1821-1920], under the section entitled Records of Posts, 1820-1940 (Record Group 393.7). | |||
[http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/f/FORTDUCHESNE.html Fort Duchesne] -- Established in 1886 to replace Fort Thornburg in the Unitah Basin. It continued as a U.S. military post until 1912 when it was transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs as the headquarters for the Uintah-Ouray Agency. | [http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/f/FORTDUCHESNE.html Fort Duchesne] -- Established in 1886 to replace Fort Thornburg in the Unitah Basin. It continued as a U.S. military post until 1912 when it was transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs as the headquarters for the Uintah-Ouray Agency. | ||
[http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/c/CAMPFLOYD.html Camp Floyd] -- Established in 1858 when "Johnston's Army" came into the Salt Lake Valley and marched 40 miles south to Cedar Valley. The post was built by the soldiers assigned there, with the help of local settlers. It was renamed Fort Crittenden in 1860. | |||
[http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/c/CAMPFLOYD.html Camp Floyd] -- Established in 1858 when "Johnston's Army" came into the Salt Lake Valley and marched 40 miles south to Cedar Valley. The post was built by the soldiers assigned there, with the help of local settlers. It was renamed Fort Crittenden in 1860. | |||
Cedar Fort | Cedar Fort | ||
Fort Crittenden -- Camp Floyd was renamed Fort Crittenden in 1860 and abandoned in 1861. | Fort Crittenden -- Camp Floyd was renamed Fort Crittenden in 1860 and abandoned in 1861. | ||
Fort Hall | Fort Hall -- in Idaho | ||
Fort Robidoux (Uninta Basin) - Old Fort Kit Carson | Fort Robidoux (Uninta Basin) - Old Fort Kit Carson | ||