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- Fort Vose
- (Camp Nome Lackee)
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- This post was established on January
4, 1855, on the Nome Lackee Indian Reservation formed in September
1854 on Thomes Creek about 20 miles west of Tehama. Originally
situated in Colusa County, the reservation was relocated in
Tehama County in 1856 when the county lines were redrawn.
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- Elements of the 3rd Artillery were stationed
at Nome Lackee until April 21, 1858, to provide local protection.
In 1948 remains of the adobe built fortification were still in
evidence. The structure, approximately 100 feet square with walls
about 10 feet high, was built primarily for the protection
of reservation agency personnel. The reservation was the forerunner
of the Round Valley Reservation; it was gradually displaced by
the latter and was completely abandoned in 1861. The post was
apparently renamed Fort Vose, possibly for Lieutenant William
Vose, an artilleryman, who years later was attached to the 2nd
Artillery.
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