Show famous forts in U S history by ELMO SCOTT WATSON isih A fort fo it that once WM WAS a territorial capital among ali the military posts josf tab by the federal government 1 port whipple in 11 art Arl isona 11 IS ous one of a the th fw few that can boost of having been a center of civil d I 1 as an well it US a allias military government and that at it once ancret the line state in lt it tand A as a territorial IS capital re gohlob to i it I 1 islands wax a built la IS 1861 1863 at near granite creek sit by 11 J ell B mills of f col I 1 james H carleton a illis famous cn california column and lt it we waa sam established tab lishe d there to help hold bold the ou thweat am for or ahe lie U union t on after carlston cartei ton him had bad driven if tie C confederates 0 out ont it named I 1 in h honor 1 of a brig gen alfid weeks week V hippie who in him youthful yon military career had bad explored part of the wilder wilderness rese of arizona antiona be before form the war or and ad who lost last lit alj fit at the battle of 1 ID january ibm john N good in governor gomor of the nel newly vl created mill ry tory of alliona on a airbed ailed riled at fort deat n hippie and immediately designated go led tt aa the wory capital in 1 may the th fort was ned moed n ed about ad W miles ii jthn eat to it p present mt location and by july them bad sprung pro up near it a bull thriving ing little town chich v alch was waa meal named tt in lonow honor of the als dl timmis hed historian during the fol owing lowing yeara there was mi a spirited rivalry between prescott and tucson for far the honor in 1 of being capital of art ari bath eona eventually eventual ay both lost out ut to phoenix but for a 8 lonn long ume time prescott Pre ott me beamed ed to have the better claim part pact ly IY because of its nearness to fort W whipple h ifill the ile center on of military affairs in the territory 1 in 1868 2869 fort whipple we waa made ads headquarters in of 0 the military deptul depart ment of arizona art and ad southern call fornin and there then in 1872 came A gen george cm crook it to subdue the hostile A apaches pache who b 0 had bad terrorized the southwest southa from the days of the cal earliest liest white hit occupancy amly fort whipple at that B time ame was described by one ile of a officers na a a ramshackle tumbled down palisade imi lude of unbar hed PLUS pine ings ing hewn hem from the adjacent tor for e eat nt slopes which ich me was supposed to command cometh something I 1 19 exactly what it 1 la not at it known own f for r it we waa BO adilaid dated that every time the wind blew we were afraid it we waa doo doomed dood d the U unimpressive 1 P I 1 me aa the old aid fort was b however however it ft deserves serves a place in history ime t cry if tor f no arther in reason than the the that it was man the haie b of operations of crook s campaigns against the apaches aa a brilliant an achievement as any in the annals of 11 the american arav rin which ch br brought m ht a greater period of peace to the h border than it had know known for far ce centuries today fort whipple I 1 Is only one ot at a no her of if pa which the war department nim in 1 the it we west whose gin glory ties lies in the past when the red man rode mile the war troll trail against I 1 the he whites whiles he who finds find gold dies die in the he be no avns a bat balsa ad adventurer remear born borm in germany germans schooled la in the french army and a member of 0 a bond band ot of trappers who crossed the western plain to california C in 1838 there th the span sim leh ish governor I 1 juan non A alvaredo I 1 d made do him a general oi o I old and presented alm it wit with 11 no aguare re league of land up upon which him he built at the of the amer ican can river and the sacramento a tort fort which he named fort new helvetia with an army of 50 men as a garri berri io on a he dwelt here in feudal mate late ml mi LOS ing mine 01 er thousands of indiana indian who cultivated his brond broad acres of wheat wade tended d lit his vineyards or cared tor for his herds ol of cattle sheep dod and 2000 2 bar horses and ad LI L auleb I G gover gor or im nor Alvare Alver doa edom eves bor 1 presented him with an additional 11 II square leagues league of land and so am gen john A 5 satter ter we ana truly a monarch of sit all lie he surveyed then the on I 1 january u 24 1848 capt jamea e W marshall H employed lb by Y sut sat cumhur ter to bu build j it a am sawmill w I 1 at C coloma a up the he american america ri river found in the sands bonie e shining parth particles C he told shining about b our it and it all although hogh the tried tried 1 to k keep secret the discovery of go fold it the awn leaked CA it out one day to in may man A walked w down do the mt ets of san francisco holding aloft a bottle of SLOW dust and shouting shooting goedl gold gold from th ahr amerl can aher rh er I 1 T the he me news de populated san ir francis r ancl no co sellon sailors their ships h P I 1 in the he harbor A tide of gold niad it hn but manity surged around fort new hel fill etla ella or poll I ort sacramento US as it wa me ws also called the holes king king 8 storm tore were noted looted by rech leax adan mm who bi amil followed it the first arko r go him br 11 live stock was stolen hm till his leads landa were men overrun n by b Y squatter squat sun hem ten Us he who onda ad gold it w will die in the almshouse ho bo nina min a an n old spanish proverb pirelli gen john A butt slitter jea learned it the me miter bitter 11 I truth II I of that IS california if tw became om a purl port of the united state and the rhe given by the governors were name SO no longer recognized he appl to the united states conno tor low wea and d justice t 1 for far while awhile he wa waa given a month h pension of but ahk hearty bounty alter after rec receiving it 14 yeara yeam ile 1 I and it pert trl hen tit he ai went east as and ettlel in the little eed wl of V pa there T he died 1 in 1830 1890 fort or I 1 new helvetia el suttee Sut tees fort 1 li am BOW the he city of sacramento the 11 caal ll tal tai of CA by 1 |