Fort Umpqua, Military trading post in Elkton, Oregon, US
Fort Umpqua included a ninety-foot square stockade with twelve-foot high walls and two diagonal bastions for defense along the Umpqua River.
The Hudson's Bay Company established Fort Umpqua in 1836 as their southernmost fur trading post, operating until its destruction by fire in 1851.
French Canadian Jean Baptiste Gagnier, the first resident of Douglas County, managed the fort while trading with Yoncalla Kalapuya and Lower Umpqua tribes.
The fort maintained 80 acres of cultivated land producing wheat, corn, vegetables, and the first apple orchard in southern Oregon outside the Willamette Valley.
Lieutenant George Emmons of the United States Navy created detailed drawings of the fort in 1841, documenting its 200-by-150-foot defensive structure.
Location: Douglas County
GPS coordinates: 43.63330,-123.57100
Latest update: March 5, 2025 03:17
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