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Fort Lane Military Post Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Fort Lane at the time of its establishment in 1853, sketch by post commander Capt. Andrew Jackson Smith
Nearest city	Central Point, Oregon
Coordinates	42°25′35.8″N 122°58′37.1″W / 42.426611°N 122.976972°W / 42.426611; -122.976972
Area	25.8 acres (10.4 ha)
Built	1853 (1853)
NRHP reference  No.	88001121 [1]
Added to NRHP	September 20, 1988

Fort Lane Military Post was a U.S. Army fort in Jackson County in southern Oregon built in the fall of 1853. The Fort was occupied by several companies of the 1st Regiment of U.S. Dragoons during the Rogue River War. Its site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. ^[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Jackson County, Oregon

References

External links

• The Oregonian article
• Seattle Times article
• Fort Lane at The Oregon Encyclopedia