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Fort Seward is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California.〔 It is located on the Eel River north-northwest of Alderpoint, at an elevation of 328 feet (100 m).〔 ==History== A military camp called Fort Seward〔(The California State Military Museum, Historic California Posts:Fort Seward (Camp on the Eel River) )〕 was established during the Bald Hills War on September 25, 1861, by Major Charles S. Lovell following a series of skirmishes with the Indians along the Eel River. It was built on the location recommended by Lieutenant Joseph B. Collins, U.S. 4th Infantry Regiment: : "The best position for a post is, in my opinion, on Eel River, near the head of Larrabee Creek, about sixty-five miles southeast from Fort Humboldt. It should be built immediately, and garrisoned by at least one full company, with a sufficient number of mules and riding saddles to mount a party large enough (say thirty) to follow rapidly and chastise all Indians that may commit depredations within fifty miles of it. This I believe will soon put a stop to all depredations and give ample security to the inhabitants and their property. Without a post but little can be accomplished and proper protection is almost impossible. The roads will be good for pack animals during the dry season, and the facilities for building good; that is, for small dry houses."〔(Correspondence Relating to the Fourth U.S. Infantry, Operations on the Pacific, 1861 )〕 Fort Seward was decommissioned in 1862.〔 It was later the site where the captured Lassic Wailaki leader during the Bald Hills War and his men were killed by local militiamen in January 1863.〔( Lynette Mullen, "A deadly “cold”, January 23, 1863, ''Humboldt Times'' quoted in Lynette's NorCal History Blog, February 5, 2010, accessed July 8, 2011 )〕 A post office operated at Fort Seward from 1912 to 1972.〔 The name honors William H. Seward, Secretary of State under President Abraham Lincoln.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fort Seward, California」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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