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Photographer: Denise Boose
Taken: July 13, 2012
Caption: Original Stone Wall Marker
Additional Description: This memorial built of the original stones, marks the location of the fort erected in 1838-1842 for protection against the Indians. The wall was 12 feet high and 2 feet thick with port holes about 4 feet apart. The main buildings in the enclosure were The Commissary; Two Officers headquarters; The Quarter-Master’s Headquarters and The Soldiers’ Barracks, afterwards the United States court, presided over by Judge I.C. Parker of the western district. Erected in 1930 by the Martha Baker Thurman Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, dedicated 1936.
Submitted: September 2, 2012, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p218090
File Size: 0.306 Megabytes

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