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No. 349 CAMP INDEPENDENCE (FORT) - At the request of settlers, Colonel George Evans led a military expedition to this site on July 4, 1862. Hence its name 'Independence.' Indian hostilities ceased and the camp closed. War again broke out in 1865 and the camp was reoccupied as Fort Independence until its abandonment in 1877. This fort made possible the early settlements in the Owens Valley.

Location

500 ft W of intersection of Miller Ln and Salvabell Ln, 3 mi NE of Independence
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CHL #349 Camp Independence Site

CHL #349 Camp Independence Site

CHL #349 Camp Independence Private Plaque