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CIVIL WAR/GAR MEMORIALS PROJECT

This is a very large project and we can use your assistance. If you know of a monument to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) or Civil War-related memorial (of any size or design) near you, we invite you to share this information with the SUVCW. Please contact our Department Civil War Memorials Officer with any information.

Department Civil War Memorials Officer
E-mail: memorials@suvpac.org

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Location:

Winterhaven, Imperial Co., CA

On bank of Colorado River, 350 Picacho Road in Winterhaven; USGS Quadrangle Sheet Name: Yuma East

Type:

Plaque - California State Historical Landmark No. 806

Reported by:

Civil War Union Monuments, 1978 book, by Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War; D. E. Darby, 25 Apr 2002; & Tad D. Campbell, May 2002

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

NO. 806 FORT YUMA - Originally called Camp Calhoun, the site was first used as a U.S. military post in 1849. A fire destroyed the original buildings. By 1855 the barracks had been rebuilt. Called Camp Yuma in 1852, it became Fort Yuma after reconstruction. Transferred to the Department of the Interior and the Quechan Indian Tribe in 1884, it became a boarding school operated by the Catholic Church until 1900.

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DONATIONS:
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