Fort Churchill State Historic Park

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Fort Churchill
Designation	State Historic Park
Location	Nevada USA
Nearest Cities	Silver Springs, Nevada
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Fort Churchill State Historic Park is a 4,461 acre Nevada state park in Lyon County, Nevada, in the United States. Located south of the town of Silver Springs, it is in the Central Nevada Region of Nevada State Parks.

The park contains Fort Churchill which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Twice a year the Nevada Civil War Volunteers puts on a civil war encampment at Fort Churchill.

[edit] Fort Churchill

Fort Churchill, named for Sylvester Churchill, was a U.S. Army fort built in 1861 to provide protection for early settlers. It was abandoned in 1869 with the State of Nevada obtaining control of the site on October 6, 1932.

[edit] External links and sources

• Fort Churchill State Historic Park website

Nevada state parks

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