
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sources previously listed under CENTRAL PLAINS GENERAL REFERENCES will not be repeated here
Adams, Matthew L., Designating U.S. Seacoast Fortifications: War Department General Orders and Letters from the Adjutant General, 1809-1950, 2000, self-published.
Berhow, Mark A., (editor), American Seacoast Defenses: A Reference Guide (2nd edition), 1999, 2004, The CDSG Press, McLean, Virginia.
Colton, Ray C., The Civil War in the Western Territories: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, 1959, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma.
Floyd, Dale E., Defending America's Coasts, 1775-1950: A Bibliography, 1985, 1997 (2nd edition), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Office of History, Alexandria, Virginia.
Hearn, Chester G., The Illustrated Directory of the United States Marine Corps, 2003, Motorbooks International (MBI) Publishing Co., St. Paul, Minnesota.
Lewis, Emanuel Raymond, Seacoast Fortifications of the United States: An Introductory History, 1970, reprint 1993 (with corrections), Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland.
McGovern, Terrance, and Bolling Smith, American Coastal Defenses 1885-1950, 2006, Osprey Publishing Ltd., Botley, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Stuart, Gene, America's Ancient Cities, 1988, National Geographic Society, Washington.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Office of History, The History of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1986, 1998 (2nd edition), Alexandria, Virginia.
United States House of Representatives, Permanent Fortifications and Sea-Coast Defences: Report of the Committee on Military Affairs, 1862, reprint 1998, The CDSG Press, Bel Air, Maryland.
United States House of Representatives, Report of the Board on Fortifications or Other Defenses, with Plates to Accompany the Report, 1886, reprint 2007, The CDSG Press, McLean, Virginia.
United States House of Representatives, Report of the Board of Review of the War Department to the Secretary of War on the Coast Defenses of the United States, the Panama Canal, and the Insular Possessions, 1916, reprint 2007, The CDSG Press, McLean, Virginia.
United States Senate, Report of the National Coast-Defense Board, 1906, reprint 2007, The CDSG Press, McLean, Virginia.
Weaver, John R., II, A Legacy in Brick and Stone: American Coastal Defense Forts of the Third System, 1816-1867, 2001, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Missoula, Montana.
Williford, Glen M., The Transitional Coast Defense Generation: American Seacoast Defenses of the 1870s, 2005, self-published.
ALASKA
The Milepost, 49th edition, 1997-1998, Vernon Publications, Inc., Bellevue, Washington.
Cohen, Stan, The Forgotten War: A Pictorial History of World War II in Alaska and Northwestern Canada, Vol. 1, 1981, reprint 2002, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Inc., Missoula, Montana.
Cohen, Stan, The Forgotten War: A Pictorial History of World War II in Alaska and Northwestern Canada, Vol. 2, 1988, reprint 2002, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Inc., Missoula, Montana.
Cohen, Stan, The Forgotten War: A Pictorial History of World War II in Alaska and Northwestern Canada, Vol. 3, 1992, reprint 2002, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Inc., Missoula, Montana.
Cohen, Stan, The Forgotten War: A Pictorial History of World War II in Alaska and Northwestern Canada, Vol. 4, 1993, reprint 2000, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Inc., Missoula, Montana.
Gaines, William C., The Coast Artillery on Shemya Island, 1943-1947, in Coast Defense Journal, Vol. 23, No. 2, May 2009.
Olson, Wallace M., A History of Fort Durham: Hudson's Bay Company Trading Post Located in Taku Harbor, 1840-1843, Within the Boundaries of Present Day Juneau, Alaska, 1994, Heritage Research, Juneau, Alaska.
Zink, Robert D., Forts of "Wherever" #22 - Alaska Defenses, in The Coast Defense Study Group Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2, May 1998.
ARIZONA
1995 Arizona-New Mexico Highway Map, American Automobile Association, Heathrow, Florida.
Faust, David T., and Kenneth A. Randall, Life at Post: Fort Lowell, Arizona Territory, 1873-1891, in The Smoke Signal, No. 74, Spring 2002, Tucson Corral of the Westerners, Tucson, Arizona.
Fort Apache Agency, Arizona's Historic Forts of the Apache Wars brochure, undated.
Fort Lowell Museum, Plan of Fort Lowell, Arizona Territory, circa 1880 facsimile map.
Gardner, Mark, Fort Bowie National Historic Site, 1994, Southwest Parks and Monuments Association, Tucson, Arizona.
National Park Service, Fort Bowie National Historic Site brochure, 2000.
Yuma Crossing Foundation, Inc., Yuma Crossing Quartermaster Depot brochure, 1994.
CALIFORNIA
Angel Island State Park: Your Passport to American History brochure, undated.
Berhow, Mark A., A Brief History of the Bolsa Chica Military Reservation, 1941-1948, in The Coast Defense Study Group Journal, Vol. 9, No. 1, Feb. 1995.
Berhow, Mark A., Fire Control Stations of the Harbor Defenses of Los Angeles, in Coast Defense Study Group News, Vol. 3, No. 1, Feb. 1989.
Berhow, Mark A., The "Other" Coast Artillery Posts of Southern California: Camp Haan, Camp Callan, and Camp McQuaide, in Coast Defense Study Group News, Vol. 4, No. 1, Feb. 1990.
Boessenecker, John, Dutch Charley's Fight against the Vigilantes, in Wild West Magazine, February 2001.
Bowen, Robert W., San Francisco's Presidio, 2005, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina.
Chappell, Gordon, Cannon of the Castillo: Weapons from San Francisco's First Fort handout, undated.
Chappell, Gordon, Spanish Bronze Cannon in the United States Manufactured in Peru During the Seventeenth Century, handout, 1994.
Chin, Brian B., Artillery at the Golden Gate: The Harbor Defenses of San Francisco in World War II, 1994, Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, Inc., Missoula, Montana.
Clauss, Francis J., Alcatraz: Island of Many Mistakes, 1981, Briarcliff Press, Inc., Menlo Park, California.
Golden Gate National Parks Association, Map and Guide to the Seacoast Fortifications of the Golden Gate brochure, 1996 (reprint 2001).
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, Discover Alcatraz: A Tour of the Rock brochure, 1996 (reprint 2006).
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, Discover Fortress Alcatraz brochure, 2000 (reprint 2003).
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, Nike Missile Site SF-88 brochure, 2004.
Los Angeles, City of, Department of Recreation and Parks, Fort MacArthur Museum brochure, undated.
Martini, John A., Battery Cavallo, Fort Baker: Survivor of the Plan of 1870, in The Coast Defense Study Group Journal, Vol. 14, No. 1, Feb. 2000.
Martini, John A., Fort Point: Sentry at the Golden Gate, 1991, Golden Gate National Parks Association, San Francisco.
Martini, John A., Fortress Alcatraz: Guardian of the Golden Gate, 1990, revised 2004, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, California.
National Park Service, Early History of the California Coast: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary brochure, undated (2008).
National Park Service, Cabrillo National Monument brochure, 1994.
National Park Service, Fort Point National Historic Site brochure, 2005.
National Park Service, Fort Point NHS, The Lights of Fort Point brochure, 2005.
National Park Service, Golden Gate National Recreation Area brochure, 1991.
National Park Service, Golden Gate National Recreation Area brochure, 2000.
National Park Service, Golden Gate NRA, Battery Chamberlin brochure, 2006.
National Park Service, Golden Gate NRA, Marin Headlands Trail Map map, 2005.
National Park Service, Golden Gate NRA, Marin Headlands, Fort Baker brochure, 2003.
National Park Service, Golden Gate NRA, Fort Baker, Fort Baker History Walk: Horseshoe Cove: A Water Haven on San Francisco Bay booklet, undated.
National Park Service, Golden Gate NRA, Fort Baker, Fort Baker History Walk: Innovations in Army Post Life booklet, undated.
National Park Service, Golden Gate NRA, Marin Headlands, Fort Cronkhite History Walk: The World War II Army Post that Helped Defend San Francisco booklet, undated.
National Park Service, Golden Gate NRA, Milagra Ridge brochure, 2005.
National Park Service, Golden Gate NRA, Presidio of San Francisco map, 2005.
National Park Service, Golden Gate NRA, Presidio of San Francisco, The 1915 World's Fair brochure, undated.
National Park Service, Golden Gate NRA, Presidio of San Francisco, Buffalo Soldiers brochure, 2005.
National Park Service, Golden Gate NRA, Presidio of San Francisco, Main Post Walk: 200 Years of History and Architecture booklet, 2005.
National Park Service, Golden Gate NRA, Presidio of San Francisco, Pioneers of Flight brochure, 2004.
National Park Service, Golden Gate NRA, Presidio of San Francisco, The Spanish-American War and the Presidio brochure, 2006.
National Park Service, Golden Gate NRA, Presidio of San Francisco, Under Three Flags brochure, 2003.
National Park Service, Point Reyes National Seashore brochure, 2005.
Nelson, Stephen R., and David K. Appel, Fort MacArthur, 2005, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina.
Raugh, Harold E., Jr., Presidio of Monterey, 2004, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina.
Smith, Bolling, The 16-Inch Batteries at San Francisco and the Evolution of the Casemated 16-Inch Battery, in The Coast Defense Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1, Feb. 2001.
Zink, Robert D., Forts of "Wherever" #10 - San Diego, in Coast Defense Study Group News, Vol. 5, No. 1, Feb. 1991.
Zink, Robert D., Forts of "Wherever" #11 - The Seacoast Defenses of Los Angeles, in Coast Defense Study Group News, Vol. 5, No. 2, May 1991.
Zink, Robert D., Forts of "Wherever" #19 - Forts of San Francisco, in Coast Defense Study Group Journal, Vol. 7, No. 3, Aug. 1993.
COLORADO
1993 Official Highway Map, Colorado Department of Transportation, Denver, Colorado.
Colorado Historical Society, Fort Garland brochure, undated.
Colorado Historical Society, Fort Garland Museum brochure, undated.
Colorado Historical Society, Fort Vasquez brochure, undated.
Delta, City of, Fort Uncompahgre Living History Museum brochure, undated.
National Park Service, Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site brochure, 1994.
Wilson, D. Ray, Colorado Historical Tour Guide, 1990, Crossroads Communications, Carpentersville, Illinois.
IDAHO
1996 Official Highway Map, Idaho Transportation Department, Boise, Idaho.
National Park Service, Nez Perce National Historical Park brochure, 1993.
MONTANA
1994 Official Highway Map, Montana Department of Transportation, Helena, Montana.
NEVADA
1995 Official Highway Map, Nevada Department of Transportation, Carson City, Nevada.
Nevada State Historic Preservation Office, A Guidebook to Nevada's Historical Markers, 4th edition, 2003, Carson City, Nevada.
NEW MEXICO
1992 Official Highway Map, New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Department, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Caperton, Thomas J., and LoRheda Fry, Links to the Past: New Mexico's State Monuments, 1977, revised edition 1982, The Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Hartzler, Robert, Holding Down the Forts: The Army, Adobe, and Preservation, in Cultural Resources Management Bulletin No. 6, 1999, National Park Service, Washington, D.C.
National Park Service, Fort Union National Monument brochure, 1993.
National Park Service, Pecos National Historical Park brochure, 1992.
OREGON
1996 Oregon-Washington Highway Map, American Automobile Association, Heathrow, Florida.
UTAH
1995 Official Highway Map, Utah Department of Transportation, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Foster, Robert L., Beginning in 1865, Ute Chief Black Hawk went to war against the Mormon Settlers of Utah Territory, in Wild West Magazine, June 2002.
Glick, Daniel, A Dry Red Season, in National Geographic Magazine, Vol. 209, No. 4, April 2006, National Geographic Society, Washington.
WASHINGTON
1996 Oregon-Washington Highway Map, American Automobile Association, Heathrow, Florida.
Blackburn, Marc K., The Establishment of the Coastal Defenses of Puget Sound, in The Coast Defense Study Group Journal, Vol. 14, No. 2, May 2000.
Fort Nisqually Association, Fort Nisqually brochure, 1998.
Fort Worden State Park, Park Map, undated.
Franklin, Deborah, Boar War, in Smithsonian Magazine, June 2005.
Grobmeier, Alvin H., Fort Hayden, Washington - The Fort that Never Was, in Coast Defense Study Group News, Vol. 3, No. 2, May, 1989.
Hagge, Greg, Coastal Defense in the Pacific Northwest, in Coast Defense Study Group News, Vol. 3, No. 2, May 1989.
Hagge, Greg, Sit-Rep: Defenses of Western Washington - October 1995, in The CDSG Newsletter, Nov. 1995.
Hagge, Greg, Trip Report: Fort Whitman, WA, in Coast Defense Study Group News, Vol. 6, No. 3, Aug. 1992.
Sims, Philip, The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Coast Defense, in The Coast Defense Journal, Vol. 15, No. 3, Aug. 2001.
Trust Board of Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve: A Driving and Bicycling Tour brochure, undated.
Zink, Robert D., Forts of "Wherever" #20 - The Columbia River and Western Washington, in Coast Defense Study Group Journal, Vol. 7, No. 4, Nov. 1993.
Zink, Robert D., Forts of "Wherever" #21 - The Straits of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound, in The Coast Defense Study Group Journal, Vol. 9, No. 1, Feb. 1995.
WYOMING
1998 Official Highway Map, Wyoming Transportation Commission, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Fort Laramie Historical Association, Fort Laramie National Historic Site brochure, undated.
Niderost, Eric, When Coal Miners Burned: The Rock Springs Massacre, in Wild West Magazine, February 2002.
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