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*[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 | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 -- in Idaho | *Fort Hall -- in Idaho | ||
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*[http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/ashley/heritage/site-reports/fort-thornburgh.pdf Fort Thornburg] -- Established as a post for U.S. troops in 1881. It was located in the Ashley Valley in Eastern Utah until its closure in 1883. The troops stationed there assisted in building a road from Vernal to Fort Bridger. | *[http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/ashley/heritage/site-reports/fort-thornburgh.pdf Fort Thornburg] -- Established as a post for U.S. troops in 1881. It was located in the Ashley Valley in Eastern Utah until its closure in 1883. The troops stationed there assisted in building a road from Vernal to Fort Bridger. | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Utah Fort Utah] -- This original settlement at Provo, Utah, was established March 12, 1849. Incidents at the fort were part of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ute_Wars Provo War] and the later [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_War Walker War]. (See replica of Fort Utah above.) | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Utah Fort Utah] -- This original settlement at Provo, Utah, was established March 12, 1849. Incidents at the fort were part of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ute_Wars Provo War] and the later [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_War Walker War]. (See replica of Fort Utah above.) | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasant_Grove,_Utah Fort at Battle Creek] -- During the Walker Indian War in the 1850s, citizens of what is now Pleasant Grove, Utah Valley, built a fort with walls two or three feet thick and six feet tall that occupied an area the size of sixteen city blocks. The settlers in the area at the time built homes inside the fort. The town was previously called Battle Creek after a battle which took place there in 1849 between Mormon settllers and a small band of Ute Indians. | |||
*Fort Walker -- The original name of Hamilton Fort. | *Fort Walker -- The original name of Hamilton Fort. | ||
*[http://www.onlineutah.com/hamiltonforthistory.shtml Hamilton Fort] -- A local fortification near Cedar City known initially as Fort Walker. It was never considered an official U.S. Army post. | *[http://www.onlineutah.com/hamiltonforthistory.shtml Hamilton Fort] -- A local fortification near Cedar City known initially as Fort Walker. It was never considered an official U.S. Army post. | ||