Fort Dalles
| Fort Dalles | |
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| The Dalles, Oregon at 45°35′59″N 121°11′03″W / 45.5997222°N 121.1841667°WCoordinates: 45°35′59″N 121°11′03″W / 45.5997222°N 121.1841667°W | |
The Surgeon’s Quarters of Fort Dalles
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| Type | Military base |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | United States Army |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1850 |
| Built by | Major Tucker |
| In use | 1850–1867 |
| Materials | wood |
| Demolished | 1867 |
| Garrison information | |
| Past commanders |
George Wright |
| Garrison | 9th Infantry |
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Fort Dalles Surgeon's Quarters
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| Location | 15th and Garrison streets The Dalles, Oregon |
| Area | 0.8 acres (0.32 ha) |
| Built | 1857 |
| Built by | Scholl,Louis; Jordan,Capt. Thomas |
| Architect | Scholl, Louis, Based On Design By A J Downing |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 71000682 |
| Added to NRHP | September 10, 1971 |
Fort Dalles was a United States Army outpost located on the Columbia River at the present site of The Dalles, Oregon, in the United States. Built when Oregon was a territory, the post was used mainly for dealing with wars with Native Americans. The post was first known as Camp Drum and then Fort Drum.
The first post was built on a site which overlooked an encampment used by Lewis & Clark in October 1805. This post was built in 1838 by the militia of the Oregon Provisional Government under the command of Henry A. G. Lee during the Cayuse War and was named Fort Lee. The post was built at the site of the former Wascopam Mission operated by the Methodist Mission.
In the fall of 1849 United States Army troops arrived in the new Oregon Territory. This rifle regiment occupied the now-abandoned Fort Lee at Wascopum (now The Dalles]] on the Columbia River. A log fort was constructed in 1850 under the supervision of Major Tucker, and named Camp Drum. When the United States Congress changed the land requirements for Army forts to 1 square mile (2.6 km2) from 10 square miles (26 km2), suddenly Camp Drum's tiny military contingent could control the land it required. Although no stockade was built around the post, Camp Drum became Fort Drum on May 21, 1853, and then Fort Dalles on June 21, 1853.
New buildings were built from 1856 to 1858 under the direction of the commander Captain Thomas Jordan at a cost of nearly $500,000. Beginning in April 1858, the log fort was torn down and several new buildings, including a commander's house, barracks, and stables, were constructed under the command of Colonel George Wright, in command of the 9th Infantry.
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