Fort Douglas Military Museum: 1 book
by Louwane Vansoolen, Fort Douglas Military Museum
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
On October 26, 1862, Col. Edward P. Connor and the 3rd California Volunteers set up Camp Douglas for the purpose of protecting the overland mail and telegraph routes between Nevada and Wyoming. This began a long history of a U.S. military presence in the Salt Lake Valley Mormon community. Although the...
