Camp Lockett
| Camp Lockett | |
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| Part of California | |
2nd Cavalry Division's Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
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| Coordinates | 32°36′29″N 116°28′18″W / 32.608056°N 116.471667°W |
| Type | United States Army outpost |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Campo Fire and Rescue Department County of San Diego San Diego County Sheriff' Department Rancho del Campo juvenile facility Multiple Private Parties |
| Controlled by | San Diego County and Multiple Private Parties |
| Open to the public |
Partially |
| Condition | Partially abandoned |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1941 |
| In use | 1876–1946 |
| Garrison information | |
| Past commanders |
COL Waldemar Falck BG Thoburn K. Brown |
| Garrison |
1st Cavalry Regiment 10th Cavalry Regiment 11th Cavalry Regiment 28th Cavalry Regiment |
Camp Lockett was a United States Army military base located in Campo, California, east of San Diego, and north of the Mexican border. Camp Lockett has historical connections to the Buffalo Soldiers due to the 10th and 28th Cavalry Regiments having been garrisoned there during World War II. It was named in honor of Colonel James R. Lockett who fought in the Spanish–American War, Philippine Insurrection, and the Punitive Expedition. There was an active preservation effort underway with long term plans of creating the 'Camp Locket Historic District' in the National Register of Historic Places, which ended due to private property concerns. In 2009 it was designated as a California Historical Landmark, and there are plans to create a county park out of the majority of its former area.
Although travel through the area had been occurring for centuries, with the Diegueño Native Americans having lived there long before European settlement, it wasn't until the end of the 1860s and the early 1870s when a permanent Non-Native American settlement was established in the Campo Valley area. The area was settled by people migrating west from Texas, so much so that the area at one time was called "Little Texas". In 1869, John Capron established a regular stagecoach run from San Diego, by way of Dulzura and Campo, to Yuma which continued to run until 1912.
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