Fort Hoskins
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| Fort Hoskins | |
|---|---|
| Benton County, Oregon | |
| Type | Military base |
| Built | |
| Construction materials |
wood |
| In use | |
| Controlled by | United States Army |
| Garrison | 4th Regiment of California Infantry |
| Occupants | Philip Sheridan |
Fort Hoskins was one of three "forts" (which were actually unfortified posts) built by the U.S. Army to monitor the Coastal Indian Reservation in Oregon in the middle of the 19th century.
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[edit] History
Fort Hoskins was garrisoned by a number of companies of soldiers throughout its short existence. Two soldiers who were stationed at the fort during the American Civil War kept journals of their experiences: Royal A. Bensell and William M. Hilleary. Their accounts are of unmitigated boredom and dampness, but they provide a good picture of 19th-century life in the area.
The fort was located about 19 miles northwest of Corvallis. The unincorporated area of Hoskins took its name from the fort.
Fort Hoskins played an indirectly important role in local and state history due to the leadership of several out-of-state soldiers who decided to stay in the area after they were mustered out of the army. Several placenames in the area, such as Kings Valley, are connected with these soldiers.
[edit] Today
There is nothing left of the fort today except for a few recovered artifacts. Dr. David Brauner, an anthropologist at Oregon State University, has made the fort an area of specialization of his. Benton County recently opened the site as Fort Hoskins Historical Park.
[edit] Books
- Bensell, Royal A.; Barth, Gunther (ed.) (1959) All Quiet on the Yamhill: The Civil War in Oregon: The Journal of Corporal Royal A. Bensell, Company D, Fourth California Infantry.
- Hilleary, William M.; Nelson, Herbert B. and Preston, E. Onstad (ed.) (1965) A Webfoot Volunteer: The Diary of William M. Hilleary 1864-1866.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Sovereigns of Themselves: A Liberating History of Oregon and Its Coast, Vol. VII, a self-published history
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