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- Established on 13 August 1850 by Major
Albert S. Miller with a battalion of the 2nd Infantry, Camp Frederica
was situated on the Stanislaus River in the present county of
the same name. For many years historians, locating the camp as
"150 miles east of Monterey," had confused the 1849
and 1850 summer encampments on the river, consolidating them
as "Millers Camp" or Camp
Stanislaus (1849 ), located at or near Taylor's Ferry (modern
Riverbank) on the north bank. Miller's post of 1850 was established
following escort duty for Lieutenant George Derby, U.S. topographical
engineer, who surveyed the coast's mountain ranges, seeking an
easy transport route from Monterey to the central San Joaquin
Valley. The military escort, from Monterey, primarily camped
at Mission San Miguel Arcangel,
located in northern San Luis Obispo County, until Derby completed
his survey of the coast range. The first part of Derby's survey
completed, the escort proceeded from Mission San Miguel and crossed
over the coast range to the San Joaquin Valley. Following Derby's
survey of the valley, he left the escort to write his report
while Major Miller carried out the second part of his instructions,
moving to the Stanislaus River and going into camp about seven
miles from the Durham Ferry crossing on the San Joaquin River.
Historians have made a number of guesses regarding the derivation
of the name "Frederica," without arriving at any conclusion.
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