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- Located in the Kem River Valley, about
15 miles northeast of Keysville, Kem County, on the north bank
of the south branch of the river, Camp Leonard was established
in the late summer of 1863 by a company of the 2nd
California Volunteer Cavalry to protect the region's mining
camps front impending Indian marauders. During that year, some
850 Owens Valley Indians left the Sebastian Indian Reservation
because of the scarcity of food there, all intent on returning
to their former homes. Camp Leonard, remaining operative for
the remainder of the year, had been established for prevent their
return.
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