Eastern and Southern Washington

Last Update: 27/OCTOBER/2019

Compiled by Phil and Pete Payette - Š2019 American Forts Network

Fort George Wright
(Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute)
(1895 - 1941/1961), Spokane
Originally called Post at Spokane (3), located on the Spokane River on the west side of the city. Consolidated all of northeast Washington's military activities. Became an Army Hospital in 1941. Became an Air Force post in 1947 as a hospital and housing area for Fairchild AF Base. After closing, the post became home to Spokane Falls Community College (no original military buildings remaining), and Holy Names College (renamed Fort Wright College) until 1982, which reopened as Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute in 1990. See also Fort George Wright Tour from Spokane Historical Society

Fort Spokane (1)
(1812 - 1813), Nine Mile Falls
A Pacific Fur Company post until 1813, when it was bought out by the North West Company. Also known as Fort Jacob. Located adjacent to the original 1810 Spokane House of the North West Co. (see below).

Spokane House
(Riverside State Park)
(1810 - 1826), Nine Mile Falls
A North West Co. post on the east bank of the Spokane River. The Pacific Fur Co.'s post (see above) was built adjacent to this post in 1812, and after November 1813 was absorbed into the North West Co.'s operations. After 1821 it became a Hudson's Bay Co. trading post. (HBC records cover 1822 and 1823). The HBC enlarged the post in 1823 as a 130-by-122-foot log stockade with several interior buildings against the walls, which now encompassed the area of both of the original posts of 1812. In 1826 all operations were transferred to Fort Colvile. This was possibly the first permanent white settlement in the state.

Camp Washington
(1853), near Deep Creek
The first encampment of Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens and his escort upon arriving in Washington Territory. A monument is located near the actual site at the forks of Coulee Creek. Located about 15 miles west of Spokane.

Fort Spokane (2)
(Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area)
(1880 - 1899), near Miles
Established as Camp Spokane when the troops from Camp Chelan transferred here. Replaced Fort Colville (2). Located on the south side of the Spokane River about one mile from the Columbia River. It was redesignated in 1882. After it was abandoned by the Army (replaced by Fort George Wright) it became the headquarters of the Colville Indian Agency and an Indian boarding school until 1914, then became an Indian tuberculosis hospital until 1929. Afterwards, some buildings were relocated to the new Colville Agency in Nespelem, others were vandalized and burned. Four original buildings still remain on site, maintained by the National Park Service since 1960, including the Quartermaster Stable, Powder Magazine, Guardhouse, and Reservoir Building. The Guardhouse serves as a visitor center for the site.

Fort Colvile (1)
(1826 - 1871), near Kettle Falls
A Hudson's Bay Co. 208-feet square palisaded trading post (note spelling) located on the east side of the Columbia River about one mile west of town. It became the HBC regional headquarters after Spokane House was abandoned. The first gold rush in Washington occurred near here in 1855. The remaining buildings burned down in 1910. Site now located under Lake Roosevelt since 1940. The original spelling was later altered by the Americans. See also Encyclopedia of Washington State History - Article #2

Fort Colville (2)
(1859 - 1882), near Colville
A U.S. Army post established 14 miles upriver from the HBC post after the local gold rush had started. It was originally known as (Gen. William) Harney's Depot, then as Camp Colville. Located on the east side of Mill Creek three miles east of town.

Fort Okanogan
(1811 - 1846/1860), Monse
Originally a Pacific Fur Co. 16-by-20-foot log cabin trading post, this became the first permanent American settlement in the state. It was also the first U.S. flagged post in the state. Spelled in British/Canadian sources as Okanagan. Originally located on the Okanogan River half a mile from its mouth, four miles east of Brewster. The post was abandoned after the War of 1812, having been sold to the British North West Company in November 1813. Rebuilt in 1816 as a palisaded enclosure with four buildings, about one-half mile southeast of the original site. The Hudson's Bay Company took over in 1821. The fort was again rebuilt in 1830, with a larger bastioned stockade, but was phased out beginning in 1846, not being completely abandoned until 1860. Remnants of the 1816 fort site partially remain, having been almost swept away in a 1894 flood. The 1830 site was flooded by the Lake Pateros Reservoir and Wells Dam in 1967. The Fort Okanogan Interpretive Center is located near the 1830 site, operated by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation since 2013. The former state park was closed in 2011. See also Encyclopedia of Washington State History - Article #2 || Fur Empire Outpost from Ghost Towns USA.com

Camp Chelan
(1879 - 1880), near Chelan
A temporary Army camp near Lake Chelan to control the Indian population. Originally located on Foster Creek at the Columbia River, but was moved to higher ground after one season, about one mile southeast of town. Due to its remote location, the camp was soon abandoned and transferred to Camp Spokane.

Fort Taylor
(1858), near Starbuck
A temporary Army post used for only six weeks. Built of basalt rock with a hexagonal wooden bastion (blockhouse). Located on the south bank of the Snake River at the mouth of the Tucannon River, two miles west of town.

John Carter's Stockade
(late 1870's), Anatone
A civilian 100-foot square stockade built for protection during reported Indian troubles. It was never attacked or threatened. Site is one-half mile from town.

Fort Mason (1)
(1855 - 1856), near Kooskooskie
An OR Volunteers blockhouse located about one mile up a small tributary of Mill Creek, in the Walla Walla River Valley (reportedly 23 miles from Fort Walla Walla (2)).

Fort Walla Walla (2)
(J.M. Wainwright Memorial V.A. Medical Center)
(1856 - 1911), Walla Walla
This Federal fort was located at three separate sites in succession: the first (September-October 1856) was a stockaded blockhouse on Mill Creek about five miles northeast of town (just west of Kibler); the second site (October 1856-1857) was another blockhouse with several log huts (no stockade) on the north side of Mill Creek six miles from the Walla Walla River at what is now South 1st Ave. and East Main Street; and the third site (from 1857 on) was a mile and a half away on Mill Creek at the present-day John Wainwright Memorial V.A. Medical Center complex (established 1921) at West Chestnut Street and South 13th Ave.. Intermittently garrisoned between 1864 and 1867. Became a military livestock depot between 1867 and 1873. Permanently regarrisoned in 1873, with new Officers' quarters, barracks, and other buildings. Many of the original, but modified, buildings remain. The city was originally named Steptoeville when the Army first established the post.

Nearby on Garrison Creek is the Fort Walla Walla Museum complex with a replica blockhouse, located at 755 NE Myra Road. Admission fee.

Camp Curry
(1855 - 1856), near College Place
A fortified winter camp established by the OR Volunteers after the "Battle of Frenchtown" (December 1855), located on Mill Creek about two miles east of the former Whitman Mission.

Fort Waters
(Whitman Mission National Historic Site)
(1848), near College Place
This was the rebuilt and renamed Waiilatpu Mission house (1836). Located six miles west of Walla Walla. The Methodist mission was burned by Cayuse Indians after the Whitman Massacre (November 1847). The OR Volunteers established the fort in March 1848 from the salvaged remains of the mission. Admission fee.

Fort Bennett
(1855), near Lowden
A temporary fortified position established by the OR Volunteers during the "Battle of Frenchtown" (December 1855), located on the Walla Walla River at the LaRocque Cabin, about seven miles east of the mouth of the Touchet River. Abandoned for winter quarters at Camp Curry.

Fort Walla Walla (1)
(1818 - 1856/1860), Wallula
Originally this was Fort Nez Percés, a North West Co. fur post located on the Columbia River about one-half mile north of the mouth of the Walla Walla River. Acquired by the Hudson's Bay Co. in 1821 and renamed (HBC records cover 1827 - 1832). It was originally a 100-foot square timber stockade, but burned in 1841 and then rebuilt with adobe and expanded to 200-feet square, with an outer wall 20-feet high, armed with four cannon and ten swivel guns. It was once considered to be the strongest fort west of the Rockies, and a major stop on the Oregon Trail. Attacked by Indians in October 1855, the post was afterwards briefly abandoned. The British finally closed the post in 1860, and it later burned down. The actual site is now under the waters of the Columbia River's McNary Dam.

This area was also the site of a Wallula Indian campsite at which the Lewis and Clark Expedition stayed in 1806. The exact site is under Lake Wallula. About 12 miles north of here is a campsite of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1805) in Sacajawea State Park.

Fort Naches
(1856), near Naches
A temporary Army post officially called Camp on Nechess River. It was an oval-shaped earthwork located about nine miles up the Naches River on the south bank, five miles west of Painted Rocks. Written as Fort Na-Chess in reports by its commanding officer, and known as "Basket Fort" by the local settlers because of the many gabions used in its construction.

Fort Simcoe (State Park)
(1856 - 1859), near White Swan, Yakima Indian Reservation
The Army's base of operations during the Yakima War. Located on Agency Creek. The post was later used as the Yakima Indian Agency after the garrison transferred to Fort Colville in 1859. It was abandoned in 1923. The state leased the park property from the Yakima Nation in 1953. The fort has been restored and contains three Officers' quarters, one troop barracks, one original blockhouse, two recreated blockhouses, and the Commandant's House, all around a spacious parade ground. Also here is the restored Indian Agency Jailhouse.

Yakima Valley Blockhouse
(1856), near Yakima
A WA Territorial Volunteers blockhouse and storehouse, apparently not officially called a fort, built somewhere in the Yakima River Valley (Yakima Valley Gap).

Camp Hanford
(Hanford Reservation, U.S. Dept. of Energy)
(1942 - 1944, 1950 - 1961), near Richland
An Army anti-aircraft defense headquarters base camp, located about 10 miles northwest of town, for the protection of the Atomic Energy Commission's Hanford plutonium production facility. There were 16 batteries (four guns each) of 120mm AA guns from 1951 - 1956 in various locations around the AEC reservation (North Slope: H-01, H-04, H-10, H-12, H-21, H-8(?), H-90; Central Area: H-40 (200 East Hill), H-42 (Army Loop Road), H-50 (Army Loop Road), H-51 (Army Loop Road), H-61, H-80; Riverland: H-70 (Base Camp 130, abandoned 1954), H-71 (abandoned 1954), H-72). NIKE-AJAX missiles were emplaced in 1955 - 1958 (H-06 (Saddle Mt.), H-12 (Othello), H-52 (Rattlesnake Mt.), H-83 (Priest Rapids)). NIKE-HERCULES missiles were emplaced in 1958 - 1960 only at H-06 (Saddle Mt.). The camp was turned over to the AEC in 1961 after the air defense mission was eliminated by the Army. The AEC facility is presently run by the U.S. Dept. of Energy. Operations ceased in 1987, now under D.O.E. / E.P.A. cleanup and dismantling.

Fort Cascades
(1855 - 1861/1867), North Bonneville
A U.S. Army military reservation composed of a group of three separate two-story timber one-gun blockhouses built at the wagon portage around the "Cascades", the lower of the two sets of rapids on the Columbia River, near the old town of Cascade City. The first blockhouse, at the main garrison area of the post, was built at the foot of the rapids, also known as the Lower Blockhouse. A 79-man Barracks, two Officers' Quarters and other support buildings were also located here. The second blockhouse was located about five miles upriver at the steamboat landing at the head of the rapids, known as the Upper Blockhouse, or Fort Lugenbeel. It was garrisoned by 12 men, and included a separate Officers' Quarters. The third blockhouse, known as the Middle Blockhouse, or Fort Rains, was located on a rock bluff at Sheridan's Point, about halfway between the two others. It was garrisoned by nine men. The reservation was relinquished to private owners in 1867. A flood destroyed all three blockhouses in 1876. Original timber from Fort Rains was later used to reconstruct the post one-half mile west of the Bonneville Dam, by the Skamania County Historical Society in 1927, but that too was later destroyed by flooding.

Fort Gilliam
(1848), North Bonneville
A group of log cabins used as a temporary post and supply depot by the OR Volunteers during the Cayuse War. Also called Camp at the Cabins.

Fort Riggs
(1856), Washougal
A WA Volunteers stockaded blockhouse located on the Columbia River, on the land claim of Reuben Riggs.

Fort Vancouver (1) (National Historic Site)
(Fort Vancouver National Trust)
(1824 - 1860), Vancouver
A Hudson's Bay Co. trading post (HBC records last to 1866), the headquarters and main depot for trading operations in the Pacific Northwest since moving from Fort George (Astoria) in Oregon. Originally a two-blockhouse stockade located at the present-day site of the Washington State School for the Deaf at 611 Grand Blvd., it was relocated in 1829 to the present site of Pearson Field. It was rebuilt as a 325-by-732-foot log stockade with one blockhouse, enclosing two dozen buildings. HBC regional headquarters was moved to Fort Victoria, BC in 1847 after the Oregon Treaty was ratified, but the post itself continued operating until finally sold to the U.S. Army in 1860. The post burned down in 1866. The current structure is a replica operated by the National Park Service. The site on the old Pearson Army Airfield is marked out in concrete strips. See also HBC Heritage

Vancouver Barracks (National Historic Site)
(Fort Vancouver National Trust)
(1849 - 1947/2011), Vancouver
Established by the U.S. Army on land leased by the HBC, originally called Camp Vancouver (1849 - 1850). Renamed Columbia Barracks (1850 - 1853) after the construction of quarters, followed by Fort Vancouver (2) (1853 - 1879), and finally Vancouver Barracks. Vancouver Arsenal was established adjacent to the post in 1859, discontinued in 1894 (no remains - site now Fort Vancouver NHS Visitor Center). The post was a regional headquarters and supply base through most of its history. During the two World Wars it was a Regular Army mobilization center and training camp. Pearson Army Airfield was established in 1911, formally named in 1925. It is still an operating civilian airport. The post once consisted of over 300 buildings, located in the area bounded by Evergreen Highway, 4th Ave., and East and West Reserve Streets. After closure by the Regular Army after WWII it became an Army Reserve and National Guard center. Officers' Row was deeded to the city in 1984. Officer's Row National Historic District contains 21 restored homes. The last Army units vacated the remaining 30 or so buildings in 2011 for a new training center on the city's east side. See also Encyclopedia of Washington State History - Article #2 by D. Colt Denfeld

Located northeast near Livingston along Lacamas Creek was Camp Bonneville (1909 - 1995) and Camp Killpack (1935 - 1995), used as weapon ranges and training areas for Vancouver Barracks. An Italian POW camp was also here during WWII. Camp Hathaway (1942 - 1946), located in the northern area of the reservation adjacent to Barnes Army General Hospital (built 1942), was a Quartermaster Transport Service staging area for the Portland Sub-Port of Embarkation. It became the location of Clark Junior College in 1950.

Fort Arkansas
(1855), near Castle Rock
A settlers' blockhouse located on the Cowlitz River at the southeast end of Arkansas Valley.

Fort Cowlitz
(1856), near Toledo
A U.S. Army (or WA Territorial Volunteers ?) stockaded blockhouse, also known as Fort at Cowlitz Landing, at the head of navigation on the Cowlitz River. Actual site washed away by floods, located about one and one-half miles west (downstream) of town, on the north bank of the Cowlitz River near the present-day I-5 highway bridge. American settlers first came here in 1849.

The Hudson's Bay Co. operated an agricultural station known as Cowlitz Farm, located a few miles northeast (upstream) of Cowlitz Landing, beginning in 1837. It was not fortified. It was in operation until about 1860.
(additional info provided by Karen Johnson)

Boistfort
(no date), Boistfort
No fort was here. The name of the valley was derived from a French term for "strong trees (woods)" or "heavy (dense) forest", originally spelled "Boisfort", probably from French-Canadian employees of the Hudson's Bay Company during the 1840's. Probably originally pronounced as "baw-faw", or nearly so, as the original white settlement (1852) was known as Baw Faw Prairie, and a nearby mountain peak (Boistfort Peak) is also known as "Baw Faw Peak". The first post office here was established as "Boisfort" in 1857. The extra "t" in the middle of the name was added later by the Post Office in 1907, probably by mistake, but it stuck.

Fort Davis (2)
(1855 - 1856), near Littell
A blockhouse located on the Chehalis River near the Claquato church. Also known as Fort Claquato.
(not to be confused with James Davis' Blockhouse on Whidbey Island)
(info provided by Karen Johnson)

Fort Borst
(Borst Park)
(1856), Centralia
Also known as Joseph Borst's Blockhouse after the landowner at the time. Originally an OR Volunteers post built to protect the river crossing, later becoming a WA Territorial Militia supply depot. The original blockhouse was moved in 1919 from its original site near the mouth of the Skookumchuck River to Riverside Park, then relocated again in 1922 to its present site at Borst Park. The Borst Homestead (1862) is still extant at the original site of the fort.

Fort Henness
(1855 - 1856), Grand Mound
A settlers' stockade with two blockhouses, and enclosing several cabins in the style of a "Kentucky Station", named for Capt. Benjamin Henness who owned land nearby. Provided refuge for 30 families. Used by the WA militia on occasion. Located two miles north of town at Mound Prairie, just south of Scatter Creek. It was known to be still extant into the 20th century. A stone monument is located at 183rd and Apricot Roads, across from Grand Mound Cemetery.

Cathlamet Trading Post
(1846 - unknown), Cathlamet
A Hudson's Bay Co. trading post.

¤ HARBOR DEFENSES of the COLUMBIA RIVER (partial) (see also Ft. Stevens, OR)
Harbor Defense of the Columbia - FORT WIKI

¤ Fort Canby
(Cape Disappointment State Park)
(1862 - 1950), Ilwaco
Originally named Fort Cape Disappointment in 1864, although fortifications had existed since 1862. Officially named in 1875. Some remains of the Civil War-era fortifications still exist. They were Tower (Right) Battery, Left Battery, and Center Battery. The fort was later a subpost of Fort Stevens in Oregon. The main garrison area is located on Baker Bay. Endicott batteries here are Battery Francis Guenther (1921 - 1942) fenced-off, Battery Harvey Allen (1906 - 1945), Battery Elijah O'Flyng (1906 - 1918) built on the site of Center Battery, Battery 247 (1944 - 1947), and Anti Motor Torpedo Boat Battery 2 (1943 - 1946). Also located here are the North Head (1898) and Cape Disappointment (1856) Lighthouses and the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center. Overnight stays are available at the two North Head Light Keepers' residences. See also Lighthouses on Cape Disappointment from Encyclopedia of Washington State History

Several fire-control and observation stations were once located at North Head. One still exists. Another fire-control station is still located at Tioga (Long Beach), five miles north of North Head Light.

The Army Signal Corps operated an early warning air defense radar at the Ilwaco Radar Station (1942 - 1944), also known as Station B-69.

A WA National Guard camp called Camp Finstopper was located here in 1896 during a dispute between local Oregon and Washington fishermen.

¤ Fort Columbia (State Park)
(1864/1896 - 1948), Chinook
Originally called Post at Chinook Point, although there were no fortifications or gun batteries here before 1898. This was a subpost of Fort Stevens in Oregon. The Columbia River was mined during WWI and WWII, controlled by a mine casemate located here on post. The mine casemate and several fire-control and observation stations still exist. Batteries here are Battery Jules Ord (1898 - 1917) (of which gun #3 was originally named Battery William Neary and now buried), Battery William Murphy (1900 - 1945), Battery 246 (1940's) never armed (present guns came from Fort McAndrew, Newfoundland in 1993), and Battery Frank Crenshaw (1900 - 1920). Became a state park in 1950. Overnight stays are available in two restored quarters on Officers' Row.
Photos of Battery 246 by Matt Hunter || See also Fort Columbia info from FunBeach.com

A WA National Guard camp called Camp Paradise was located here in 1896 during a dispute between local Oregon and Washington fishermen.

Raymond Radar Station
(1942 - 1944), near Raymond
A WWII early warning air defense radar station, also known as Station L-63, one of a chain of 65 stations built along the entire Pacific Coast.

¤¤ COAST and TEMPORARY HARBOR DEFENSES of WILLAPA BAY
Harbor Defense of Willapa Harbor - FORT WIKI

¤¤ Cape Shoalwater Military Reservation
(1919 - 1932, 1942 - 1944), North Cove
Located here were two unnamed WWI batteries; Battery 1 (1919 - 1932) two 6-inch naval guns at the old Cape Shoalwater Lighthouse, and Battery 2 (1919) four 12-inch mortars with post barracks, northeast of the lighthouse and north of Old North Cove. The mortars were never actually emplaced. The site of the old lighthouse and Battery 1 no longer exists, long eroded away in the ocean. The site of Battery 2 is located in a present-day waste dump area about halfway between North Cove and Dexter-by-the-Sea.

During WWII a two-gun 155mm battery on Panama mounts (1942 - 1944) was built at Wash Away Beach. Also located in the area were several 75mm field guns (1942). The ruins of one Panama mount are located in the surf at the end of Tamarack Street.

The Army Signal Corps operated an early warning air defense radar at the Willapa Bay Radar Station (1942 - 1944), located in the vicinity of North Cove and Cape Shoalwater. (NOTE: this may possibly be the same as the Grayland Radar Station listed below.)

¤¤ Grayland Beach Military Reservation
(Grayland Beach State Park)
(1942 - 1944), Grayland
A two-gun 155mm battery on Panama mounts.

The Army Signal Corps operated an early warning air defense radar at the Grayland Radar Station (1942 - 1944), also known as Station B-62 (SCR-270). It was no longer operational after 1944.

Cohasset Beach Camp
(1942 - 1944), Cohasset Beach, Westport
A WWII coastal defense shore patrol base camp, garrisoned by Troop B (less 1 platoon), 115th Cavalry Regiment (Mechanized).

Camp Chehalis
(1860 - 1861/1867), Westport
A temporary U.S. Army camp located at the mouth of the Chehalis River (Grays Harbor) at Point Chehalis. Established to protect area settlers. Consisted of two Officers' quarters, a troop barracks, and a storehouse. Also called Fort Chehalis in some sources, but never officially designated a fort before it was abandoned at the start of the Civil War. The government sold off the former post in 1867.

¤¤¤ COAST and TEMPORARY HARBOR DEFENSES of GRAYS HARBOR
Harbor Defense of Grays Harbor - FORT WIKI

¤¤¤ Westport Military Reservation
(1918 - 1926, 1942 - 1944), Westport
Located here were two unnamed WWI batteries. Four 12-inch mortars (1918 - 1919) were located on the southeast lot at West Perry Street and South Forrest Street (no remains). Two 5-inch naval guns (1918 - 1926) were located on the northwest lot at West Sprague Ave. and North Hoquiam Street (no remains).

In 1942 South Battery (two 155mm guns on Panama mounts) was built at the 5-inch gun site (one mount remains). It was soon replaced with Battery 2B (1942 - 1944) two 6-inch naval guns. North Battery (two 155mm guns on Panama mounts) was built on North Baker Street near Westport City Park (one mount remains). It was also soon replaced by Battery 2A two 6-inch naval guns (1942 - 1944), located across Elizabeth Avenue from the park.

¤¤¤ Markham Military Reservation
(1942), Markham
Located here was a temporary two-gun 155mm battery on Panama mounts (1942), just north of the present-day Ocean Spray Cranberry plant. Mounts still remain in a heavily wooded area.

¤¤¤ Point Brown (Brown's Point) Military Reservation
(1942 - 1944), Ocean Shores
Located across the inlet from Westport, near the present-day boat marina, was Battery 1 (1942 - 1944) four 6-inch guns. Only one gun block remains (in surf). Four 12-inch railway mortars were also briefly sited here in 1942.

¤¤¤ NOTE: There were five fire-control stations in WWII for these defenses. None remain. A four-gun 155mm battery was temporarily emplaced as field artillery at Copalis Beach in 1942.

(thanks to Al Grobmeier and Greg Hagge of the CDSG for information)

Aberdeen Camp
(1942 - 1944), Aberdeen
A WWII coastal defense shore patrol base camp, garrisoned by Company A (less 1 platoon), 133rd Engineer Combat Battalion.

Montesano Camp
(1942 - 1944), Montesano
A WWII coastal defense shore patrol base camp, garrisoned by HQ 1st Squadron, and Troop E, 115th Cavalry Regiment (Mechanized), and HQ 2nd Battalion, 114th Infantry Regiment, and Company A, 104th Engineer Battalion.

Elma Camp
(1942 - 1944), Elma
A WWII coastal defense shore patrol outpost camp, garrisoned by 1 platoon Company A, 133rd Engineer Combat Battalion.

Copalis Beach Camp
(1942 - 1944), Copalis Beach
A WWII coastal defense shore patrol outpost camp, garrisoned by 1 platoon Troop A, 115th Cavalry Regiment (Mechanized).

Pacific Beach Radar Station
(1942 - 1945, 1949 - 1952), Pacific Beach
A WWII early warning air defense radar station. This was also known as Station J-61 (SCR-516 radar), one of a chain of 65 stations built along the entire Pacific Coast. The site was later used by the Air Force for a LASHUP radar (AN/TPS-1B until replaced by AN/CPS-5 in 1950), known as Site L-35.

Quinault Camp
(1942 - 1944), Quinault
A WWII coastal defense shore patrol base camp, garrisoned by Troop A (less 1 platoon), 115th Cavalry Regiment (Mechanized).

Kalaloch Radar Station
(1942 - 1944), Kalaloch
A WWII early warning air defense radar station.

Ruby Beach Radar Station
(1942 - 1944), Ruby Beach
A WWII early warning air defense radar station. This was also known as Station B-57 (SCR-270 radar), one of a chain of 65 stations built along the entire Pacific Coast. It was no longer operational after 1944.

NEED MORE INFO: Fort Boles (1860's) (location ?).

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