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  2. Fort Yuma - Wikipedia

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    Fort Yuma was established during the Yuma War to protect the southern emigrant travel route to California and to attempt control of the territorial Quechan, or Yumans, in their homeland, the surrounding 100-mile (160 km) area. Established by Captain Samuel P. Heintzelman, 2nd Infantry Regiment, the fort was originally named 'Camp Independence.' [4]

  3. List of former United States Army installations - Wikipedia

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    California Camp Anza; Camp Callan; Camp Kearny; Camp Kohler [2] Camp Lawrence J. Hearn; Camp Lockett; Fort Humboldt; ... Fort Yuma; Oakland Army Base; Mare Island ...

  4. Desert Training Center - Wikipedia

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    CAMP IBIS – Camp Ibis was established at this site in the Spring of 1942 – one of eleven such camps built in the California–Arizona Desert to harden and train United States Troops for service on the battlefields of World War II. The 440th AAA AW Battalion was activated per General Order No. 1 at Camp Haan, CA on 1 July 1942.

  5. Camp Laguna - Wikipedia

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    Yuma Test Branch was built in 1943 northwest of Camp Laguna, in what is now the Yuma Proving Ground. The Yuma Test Branch, also called the Italians at the Yuma Test Branch, was built to test mobile bridge building equipment. The site is near the Colorado River, thus was ideal for testing mobile combat bridges, amphibious vehicles, and boats.

  6. List of forts in California - Wikipedia

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    Camp Wessels: Camp at Nome Cult Indian Agency Fort Wright Camp Wright: Round Valley Reservation: Mendocino: 1858 1862 1875: 1861 1866 1875: United States Army Union Army United States Army Fort Winfield Scott: San Francisco: San Francisco: 1852: 1995: United States Army Fort Yuma: across the Colorado River from Yuma, Arizona: Imperial: November ...

  7. Yuma Expedition - Wikipedia

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    Following the failure of the California Militia against the Quechan people (Yuma Indians), in the Gila Expedition, the U. S. Army sent the Yuma Expedition under Captain Samuel P. Heintzelman, to establish a post at Yuma Crossing of the Colorado River in the vicinity where it met the Gila River in the Lower Colorado River Valley region of California.

  8. Column: It's about time California built the Sites Reservoir

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    California's state government began drawing up plans for Sites Reservoir in the Sacramento Valley 70 years ago. And it still only exists on paper. So, kudos to Gov. Gavin Newsom for deciding that ...

  9. Jaeger's Ferry - Wikipedia

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    After the Army arrived and built Fort Yuma, the ferry was purchased by L. J. F. Jaeger and his partner from Johnson and his partners. Jaeger developed the ferry that could carry a wagon and team of horses between the California and Arizona shores. Jaeger later built a store and hotel on the north bank, in California, calling it Jaeger City.