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[http://nevadaculture.org/docs/shpo/markers/mark_162.htm Camp McGarry] (dead link as of 2014-01-04) here on the old Applegate Trail was an Army fort manned from 1865 to 1868. Troops protected the Idaho-California mail and stage roads and the nearby trails in Nevada and Oregon. Officers' quarters, mess hall, barracks and a 100-horse stone barn were constructed 12 miles south of the fort. In 1866, Camp McGarry was made headquarters of the District of Nevada. In autumn, 1868, troops were moved to Camp Winfield Scott, north of Paradise, Nevada; and Camp McGarry, largest military reservation in Nevada, comprising 75 square miles, was abandoned. | [http://nevadaculture.org/docs/shpo/markers/mark_162.htm Camp McGarry] (dead link as of 2014-01-04) here on the old Applegate Trail was an Army fort manned from 1865 to 1868. Troops protected the Idaho-California mail and stage roads and the nearby trails in Nevada and Oregon. Officers' quarters, mess hall, barracks and a 100-horse stone barn were constructed 12 miles south of the fort. In 1866, Camp McGarry was made headquarters of the District of Nevada. In autumn, 1868, troops were moved to Camp Winfield Scott, north of Paradise, Nevada; and Camp McGarry, largest military reservation in Nevada, comprising 75 square miles, was abandoned. | ||
In 1996, Ray. M. Smith states that in the 1881 map, [[McNamara Creek]] was downgraded from a river to a creek and that McNamara Creek is probably now Donnelly Creek. An enigmatic footnote states that probably Donnelly Creek was named after an Army Captain who was at Fort McGarry who disappeared with his patrol group and that they were never found.<ref>''Nevada's Northwest Corner: The Black Rock Country of Northern Humboldt, Pershing and Washoe Counties,'', Ray M. Smith, p. 40, 1996.</ref> Review of military and newspaper records has found no mention of this. McNamara Creek probably became [[Negro Creek]]. | |||
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Revision as of 17:24, 31 January 2024
Camp McGarry was located at Summit Lake, about 10 miles north of Soldier Meadows.
Camp McGarry (dead link as of 2014-01-04) here on the old Applegate Trail was an Army fort manned from 1865 to 1868. Troops protected the Idaho-California mail and stage roads and the nearby trails in Nevada and Oregon. Officers' quarters, mess hall, barracks and a 100-horse stone barn were constructed 12 miles south of the fort. In 1866, Camp McGarry was made headquarters of the District of Nevada. In autumn, 1868, troops were moved to Camp Winfield Scott, north of Paradise, Nevada; and Camp McGarry, largest military reservation in Nevada, comprising 75 square miles, was abandoned.
In 1996, Ray. M. Smith states that in the 1881 map, McNamara Creek was downgraded from a river to a creek and that McNamara Creek is probably now Donnelly Creek. An enigmatic footnote states that probably Donnelly Creek was named after an Army Captain who was at Fort McGarry who disappeared with his patrol group and that they were never found.[1] Review of military and newspaper records has found no mention of this. McNamara Creek probably became Negro Creek.
See Also
References
- Helen S. Carlson, "Nevada Place Names," p. 161.
External Links
- Camp McGarry Historical Marker The marker is likely wrong about the site of Camp McGarry, see Camp McGarry historical marker may be removed.
- Nevada Heritage Time Line 1871: Congress made Camp McGarry an Indian reservation; land set aside for Summit Lake Paiute Reservation January 14, 1913 (Humboldt). Note that these dates may be in doubt.
- Colonel George Ruhlen, "Early Nevada Forts," p. 44, Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, Volume VII, Number 3-4, 1964.
- ↑ Nevada's Northwest Corner: The Black Rock Country of Northern Humboldt, Pershing and Washoe Counties,, Ray M. Smith, p. 40, 1996.