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Fort Sage was a garrison occupied in the early 1870's on the Reno-[[ | Fort Sage was a garrison occupied in the early 1870's on the [[Reno-Fort Bidwell Stage | Reno - Fort Bidwell road]], which went through [[Sutcliffe]] and the [[Smoke Creek Desert]]. | ||
Ruhlen states that Fort Sage was located "46 miles north of Reno"<ref name="Ruhlen">Col. George Ruhlen, "[http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/statepubs/epubs/210777-1964-3-4Cent.pdf Early Nevada Forts]," Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, p. 51, Vol. VII, No. 3-4, 1964.</ref> "between State Line Peak and the Virginia Mountains."<ref name="Ruhlen"/> | Ruhlen states that Fort Sage was located "46 miles north of Reno"<ref name="Ruhlen">Col. George Ruhlen, "[http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/statepubs/epubs/210777-1964-3-4Cent.pdf Early Nevada Forts]," Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, p. 51, Vol. VII, No. 3-4, 1964.</ref> "between State Line Peak and the Virginia Mountains."<ref name="Ruhlen"/> | ||
Revision as of 05:22, 11 May 2015
Fort Sage was a garrison occupied in the early 1870's on the Reno - Fort Bidwell road, which went through Sutcliffe and the Smoke Creek Desert.
Ruhlen states that Fort Sage was located "46 miles north of Reno"[1] "between State Line Peak and the Virginia Mountains."[1]
Pendelton states that rock foundations found 5 km. southwest of the Fort Sage Drift Fence at Miller Spring could be the ruins of Fort Sage.[2] Miller Spring is 39 miles from Reno.
A foot note in Pendleton states that the location of Fort Sage is uncertain and that Jocelyn[3] and Ruhlen[1] locate Fort Sage in Washoe County. However, Pendleton states that W. Dalton La Rue (owner of the Winnemucca Ranch) thought it was in California and that the rock foundations at Miller Spring were built by a Mexican landowner in the 1880s.[2]
See Also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Col. George Ruhlen, "Early Nevada Forts," Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, p. 51, Vol. VII, No. 3-4, 1964.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pendleton, Lorann S. A., Thomas, David Hurst, "The Fort Sage Drift Fence, Washoe County, Nevada," Anthropological papers of the AMNH, Vol. 58, Pt. 2, 1983.
- ↑ Stephen Perry Jocelyn, "From Mostly Alkali", Caxton Printers, 1953.
- Pendleton, Lorann S. A., Alvin R. McLane, and David Hurst Thomas, "Cultural Resource Overview, Carson City District, West Central Nevada, Part 1," BLM Nevada Cultural Resource Series, No. 5, 1982.