Category:Washington Blockhouses

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Davis Blockhouse on Whidbey Island


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(1874-1895) (F) 48.2815579, -122.6835108, Fort Nugent (1855-1856) (F) 48.4070475, -122.555445, Fort at Lone Tree Point (1856-1856)

(B) 47.856127, -122.584081, Port Gamble Blockhouse (1853-1858) (F) 46.985526, -122.738716, Fort Eaton (1) (1855-1856) (F) 46.984947, -122.821022, Chambers Blockhouse (1855-1855) (F) 47.140869, -122.092245, Fort McAllister (2) (1855-1856)

(F) 46.726757, -122.97967, Fort Borst (1856-1856) (O) 46.71975, -122.98314, Fort Borst Original Location (F) 47.6570, -122.4182, Fort Decatur (1) (1855-185?) (F) 47.557864, -122.318162, Fort Duwamish (1855-1856) (F) 46.418467, -122.890277, Fort at Cowlitz Landing (1856-1856) (F) 45.65424, -121.92184, Fort Rains (1855-18??) (F) 45.63143, -121.98136, Fort Cascades (1855-1861) (F) 45.67036, -121.90876, Fort Lugenbeel (1856-18??) (F) 46.342765, -120.837958, Fort Simcoe (1856-1859) (F) 47.565523, -121.875973, Fort Alden (1856-1857) (F) 48.778571,-122.55104, Fort Bellingham (original location)
(1856-1863) (F) 47.36957, -122.24340, Fort Thomas (3) (1855-1855) (F) 47.25373, -122.12108, Fort Slaughter (1856-1857) (F) 46.046735, -118.514628, Fort Bennett (1) (1855-1855)


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Washington Blockhouses (edit list)
No. Name Located Source Notes
Erected at the Expense of the Quartermaster or by Volunteer Troops
1 Fort Alden 2.5 miles above Snoqualmie Falls on Rangers's Prairie 1,4 Built by Northern Battalion
1 Fort Borst Chehalis River below mouth of Skookum Chuck 1,2,4
1 Fort at Cowlitz Landing Cowlitz Landing 1,4 Stockaded
1 Fort Decatur Seattle 1,4
1 Fort Ebey On Ebey Island in Snohomish River 1,4
2 Fort Hays Connel's Prairie 1,2,4 Built by Volunteers
2 Fort Hicks Montgomery's 1,4 Built by Pioneer Co.
1 Fort Lander On Dewamish 1,4 Built by Volunteers
1 Fort at Lone Tree Point On Lone Tree Point near La Conner 4,5 Built by Volunteers
1 Fort Mason Wilson's Point 1,4,5
1 Fort McAllister South Prairie 1,4 Built by Volunteers
1 Fort Miller (2) Tenalquot Plains 1,4 Built by Volunteers
2 Fort Pike Crossing of White River 1,4 Built by Volunteers
1 Fort Posey Crossing of White River 1
1 Fort Preston (3) Michel's Fork of Nisqually 1,4 Built by Volunteers
Capt. Miller's company
1 Fort Raglan Nisqually River, Packards Ferry 1,4 Built by Volunteers, Stockaded
1 Fort Stevens (3) Yelm Prairie 1,4 Built by Volunteers
1 Fort Tilton 1.5 miles below Snoqualmie Falls on Rangers's Prairie 1,4 Built by Volunteers
Northern Battalion
1 Fort White Crossing of Puyallup 1,4
2 Olympia Blockhouse Olympia 1,4,5
1 Unknown Lewis River 1
1 Unknown Lowe's on Chambers Praire 1
1 Unknown Port Townsend 1
1 Unknown Bellingham Bay 1
1 Unknown Vancouver 1 Built by Capt. Kelly's Company
1 Unknown Fourth Prairie 1
1 Unknown Washougle 1
1 Unknown Klickatat Prairie near Cowlitz 1
1 Unknown French settlement, near Cowlitz Farms 1
1 Unknown Skookum Chuck 1
Built by Settlers
1 Alexander Blockhouse Whidbey Island 1,4
0 Bush Stockade Bush's 1
2 Chambers Blockhouse Chambers Prairie 1,4,5
2 Crockett Blockhouse Whidbey Island 1,4
1 Davis Blockhouse Whidbey Island 1
1 Dofflemyer Blockhouse Dofflemyer's 1
4 Ebey Blockhouse Whidbey Island 1,4
1 Fort Arkansas Near Castle Rock, on the East side of Cowlitz River 1,4 Built by Henry Jackson
1 Fort Cagle Near Castle Rock, on the West side of Cowlitz River 1,4 Built by William Cagle
1 Fort Eaton Eaton Prairie 1,4 Nathan Eaton
2 Fort Henness Mound Prairie 1,4
0 Goodell Stockade Goodell's 1
1 Port Gamble Blockhouse Port Gamble 1 Built by Capt. Joshua Keller
? Fort Nugent West of Oak Harbor 4,5
0 Stockade at Cochran's Skookum Chuck 1
2 Unknown Falls, near Olympia 1
1 Unknown Tenalquet Prairie 1
1 Unknown Lewis River 1
1 Unknown Mime Prairie 1
1 Unknown Meigs' Mill 1
2 Unknown Cascades 1
1 Unknown Boise Fort 1
Built by Regular Troops
1 Blockhouse on the Black River Black River 1
1 Fort Maloney Puyallup River 1,2,3,4 Built by Captain Maurice Maloney and 4th U.S. Infantry
1 Fort Mason (6) Mill Creek, Walla Walla Valley 1,4 Built by 9th U.S. Infantry
1 Fort Naches Naches River 9 miles above Yakima 3,4 Built by Colonel George Wright and 9th U.S. Infantry
4 Fort Simcoe Toppenish Creek near the site of Haller's defeat near Yakama 2,3,4 Built by Major Robert S. Garnett and 9th U.S. Infantry
1 Fort Slaughter Muckleshoot Prairie 1,2,3,4 Built by Captain Erasmus Darwin and 9th U.S. Infantry
? Fort Taylor East of Starbuck, Vicinity of Walla Walla 4 Built by Colonel George Wright and 9th U.S. Infantry
1 Fort Thomas Green River 1,2,3,4 Built by 4th U.S. Infantry
1 Fort Townsend Olympic Peninsula, south of Port Townsend 4 Built by Captain Granville O. Haller, 4th U.S. Infantry


Sources:
1. Whiting, J.S., Forts of the State of Washington: A record of Military and Semi-Military Establishments Designated as Forts, Kelly Printing Company, Seattle, Second Edition, 1951, page 4-11
2. Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2, page 177-192
3. Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page829-839,
4. History Link - Forts of Washington Territory
5. McDaniel, Nancy L., A Sound Defense: Military Historical Sites of Puget Sound, Self Published, 2013, 365 pages, ISBN 978-0-9759044-2-8
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