Camp Independence (Fort)

Inyo County · 3 miles northeast of Independence · location approximate

At old Fort Independence a company of U.S. soldiers under Colonel Evans was stationed on July 4, 1862, to protect the settlers from the Indians. But it was not until the fall of 1863 that settlers, believing hostilities were at an end, began coming into the valley in an ever increasing stream. Troops were maintained there continuously from 1865 until its abandonment in 1877.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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