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Research material primarily for the history of Fort Bidwell (Modoc Co.) and Fort Crook (Shasta Co.) Calif., 1934-1935.
BANC MSS C-R 39
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Title:
Research material primarily for the history of Fort Bidwell (Modoc Co.) and Fort Crook (Shasta Co.) Calif., 1934-1935Creator/Contributor:
Post, Rita Johns., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Brown, W. C. (William Carey), 1854-1939Creator/Contributor:
Russell, Don, 1899-1986Creator/Contributor:
United States, Adjutant-General's Office.Abstract:
Correspondence with various U.S. Army officers (including General W.C. Brown), Adjutant General's Office and various offices
of the War Dept.; notes and drafts (including "Battle of Infernal Caverns"); photographs of the forts.
With these: service records of Generals George Crook and W.C. Brown; publication notice for Don Russell's 103 Fights and Skirmishes:
biography of General R.F. Bernard; newspaper clippings concerning the Modoc War and, also, Sierra City; biographical notes
on her father, William Johns.
Date:
1934 (issued)Subject:
Crook, George -- 1829-1890Bernard, Reuben Frank -- 1832-1903
Johns, William -- 1820-1904
United States. -- Army. -- Cavalry, 1st.
Indians of North America -- Wars -- California
Modoc War, 1872-1873
Fort Bidwell (Calif.)
Fort Crook (Calif.)
Sierra City (Calif.)
Type:
Clippings.Biographies.
Physical Description:
13 folders in portfolio.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS C-R 39