Camp Wright
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Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station
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Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station
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| Location |
Warner Springs area, San Diego County, California |
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| Coordinates | 33°23′23.02″N 116°47′38.75″W / 33.3897278°N 116.7940972°WCoordinates: 33°23′23.02″N 116°47′38.75″W / 33.3897278°N 116.7940972°W |
| Built | 1858 |
| NRHP Reference # | 66000222 |
| CHISL # | 482 |
| CHISL # | 502 |
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| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
| Designated NHL | November 5, 1961 |
Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station is located in the western foothills of the Laguna Mountains, in northern San Diego County, California. It is located on State Route 79, 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Warner Springs and Warner's Ranch. The station was built on the site of Camp Wright, an 1860s Civil War outpost.
During the American Civil War, Camp Wright was a Union Army outpost in the Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War. It was established to protect the route to Fort Yuma on the Colorado River, and intercept secessionist sympathizers traveling to the east to join the Confederate Army. A detachment of California Volunteer cavalry and infantry first established Camp Wright at Warner's Ranch near Warner Springs, in October 1861. The cold and windy conditions in the higher altitude of the exposed San Jose Valley caused the commander change its site to the more sheltered Oak Grove location in November.
At about the same time, the Dan Showalter party of secessionists were attempting to avoid the post and make their way across the desert to join the Confederate Army in Texas. They were pursued from Temecula by a 1st Regiment California Volunteer Cavalry patrol from Camp Wright, intercepted in the hills west of the San Jose Valley (site of Warner's Ranch) with the support of a 1st California Infantry detachment from the camp, and captured without shots being fired November 20–29, 1861. After being imprisoned at Fort Yuma, Showalter and the others were released upon swearing loyalty to the Union. They later made their way to the Confederacy.
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