Fort Hoskins

Fort Hoskins
Benton County, Oregon
Grounds of the former Fort Hoskins
TypeMilitary base
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Army
Site history
MaterialsWood
Events
Fort Hoskins Site
Fort Hoskins is located in Oregon
Fort Hoskins
Fort Hoskins is located in the United States
Fort Hoskins
Nearest cityKings Valley, Oregon
Built1856
NRHP reference No.74001672[1]
Added to NRHPMay 1, 1974
Garrison information
Garrison4th Regiment of California Infantry
Occupants2nd Lt.Philip Sheridan, Capt.Christopher C. Augur

Fort Hoskins was one of three "forts" (which were actually unfortified posts) built by the U.S. Army to monitor the Coastal Indian Reservation in Oregon Territory (later the U.S. State of Oregon) in the mid-19th century. The Fort Hoskins Site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Fort Hoskins was garrisoned by a number of companies of soldiers throughout its short existence, and future Union Civil War generals Christopher Columbus Augur and Phil Sheridan were stationed there.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.