Utah Military Records: Difference between revisions

*[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.  

*[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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Deseret Fort Deseret] -- Fort Deseret was built in 1865 during the Utah Black Hawk War to protect settlers in western Utah from the attacks of local Utes. Location is in present-day Millard County, Utah.  

*[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/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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Fort Cedar Fort] 

*Fort Crittenden -- Camp Floyd was renamed Fort Crittenden in 1860 and abandoned in 1861.  

*Fort Hall -- in Idaho  

*[http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/f/FORTRIBODOUX.html Fort Robidoux ](Uninta Basin) - Old Fort Kit Carson  

*[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.)  

*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://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=2166 Union Fort] -- A small fortification was built in the Salt Lake Valley by local settlers in 1853-1854. Only a marker remains to identify the site.

''Encyclopedia of Indian Wars Western Battles and Skirmishes, 1850-1890. ''By Gregory F. Michno. Mountain Press Publishing Co. Missoula, Montana. C 2003. ISBN 0-87842-468-7