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Fort Cook, California

Fort Crook Museum
43030 Fort Crook Museum Road
Fall River Mills, CA 96028
(530) 336-5110

Fort Crook was established on July 1, 1857, to protect travelers on the Shasta - Yreka Road and the Lockhart Ferries.  Built by Company A, 1st Dragoons under the command of Captain John W. T. Gardner, the fort consisted of 25 - 30 log buildings enclosed by a pine-pole stockade 12 feet high. Source: Fort Crook Museum  General George Crook

Fort Cook, California

Fort Cook, California

Fort Cook, California

Fort Cook, California

Fort Cook, California

Fort Cook, California

Fort Cook, California

Fort Cook, California

Fort Cook, California