File:Fort Yuma Old Officers' Quarters, Yuma Indian Reservation, Winterhaven, Imperial County, CA HABS CAL,13-WINT,1A- (sheet 2 of 3).tif

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HABS CAL,13-WINT,1A- (sheet 2 of 3) - Fort Yuma Old Officers' Quarters, Yuma Indian Reservation, Winterhaven, Imperial County, CA
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HABS CAL,13-WINT,1A- (sheet 2 of 3) - Fort Yuma Old Officers' Quarters, Yuma Indian Reservation, Winterhaven, Imperial County, CA
Description

Fort Yuma Old Officers' Quarters — at Fort Yuma on the Colorado River in California.

Depicted place California; Imperial County; Winterhaven
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 19 x 24 in. (B size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS CAL,13-WINT,1A- (sheet 2 of 3)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The lower crossing of the Colorado River was a strategic site, and here Fort Yuma served as an important post for the protection of the southern emigrant route.
  • First used in 1849, the early structures were destroyed by fire three years later.
  • The present barracks and several other buildings were built 1852 to 1855. It was named Fort Yuma at the beginning of the Civil War, and continued to be used by the U.S. Army until 1885.
  • The buildings were assigned to the Yuma Indian Reservation in 1892.
  • California Historical Landmark #806.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-224
  • Survey number: HABS CA-412
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1855 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca0187.sheet.00002a
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Object location32° 44′ 21.98″ N, 114° 38′ 02″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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