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Fort Taylor (Washington)

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as his Snake River crossing point for his forces on 18 August 1858. After a few days he finished crossing for his campaign against the allied tribes to the north that ended with the
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Fort Taylor was named for Captain Oliver Hazard Perry Taylor who was killed on 17 May 1858, while he served with
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The site of Fort Taylor was submerged in 1968, with the filling of the new
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On 1 October 1858 Fort Taylor was abandoned. With the end of the
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crossing for the U.S. Army at the mouth of Tucannon River.
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Fort Taylor was established in early August 1858 by Captain
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no further need of troops were required at the crossing.
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Buildings and structures in Columbia County, Washington
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Former buildings and structures in Washington (state)
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History of Washington, Idaho, and Montana: 1845-1889
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Hubert Howe Bancroft; Frances Fuller Victor (1890).
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Index

Washington Territory
Columbia County
Washington
Snake River
confluence
Tucannon River
Starbuck
E. D. Keyes
Spokane – Coeur d'Alene – Paloos War
Snake River
basalt
gabions
blockhouse
flatboat
Colonel
George Wright
Battle of Four Lakes
Battle of Spokane Plains
Lt. Colonel
Edward Steptoe
Battle of Pine Creek
Spokanes
Coeur d'Alenes
Palouse
Cayuse
Yakimas
Yakima War
Lake Herbert G. West
Lower Monumental Dam
Marmes Rockshelter

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