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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: October 3, 2013
Caption: Fort McDowell’s General Store Marker
Additional Description: HABS Statement of Signicance: The growth of the U.S. military in the early twentieth century precipitated expansion of the Army presence on Angel Island. After nearly forty years of maintaining a modest Army installation at Camp Reynolds on the west side of the island, development and resources were shifted to a new location on the east. Initially a quarry and outpost of Fort McDowell, this site was used for a variety of administrative purposes relating to the enlistment, assignment, movement, and discharge of troops until the base was decommissioned in 1946. As it still exists, the East Garrison features a remarkable collection of Army architecture from the early twentieth century.... (Continued next photo.)
Submitted: October 13, 2013, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p257140
File Size: 3.238 Megabytes

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