Historical Markers of Elko County
- HM 3 - West End of Hastings Cutoff
- HM 45 - Humboldt Wells
- HM 46 - Pilot Peak
- HM 47 - Fort Halleck Military Reservation (1867-1886)
- HM 48 - Tuscarora
- HM 50 - Carlin Canyon
- HM 69 - Jarbidge
- HM 73 - Unknown Soldiers
- HM 106 - Elko
- HM 107 - Elko Airport (Terminus of the First Commercial Air Mail Route)
- HM 108 - Ruby Valley Pony Express Station (Reconstructed)
- HM 109 - Lamoille Valley
- HM 112 - Carlin
- HM 151 - Duck Valley Indian Reservation
- HM 153 - Jarbidge Community Hall
- HM 229 - Oil From Shale
- HM 244 - Dinner Station
- HM 251 - Diamondfield Jack Davis
- HM 260 - Contact
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*HM 47*
-- Fort Halleck Military Reservation (1867-1886) --
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Location: Central Elko County, Secret Pass Area
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Date Conquered: 5/13/08
Quick Description: A marker remembering a U.S. military post designed to protect westward emigrant parties.
Signed: Yes -- Signed on both lanes of SR 229.
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Full Description:
Exact description as reads...
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Established as Camp Halleck by Captain S.P. Smith July 26, 1867, to protect the California Emigrant Trail and construction work on the Central Pacific Railroad. The Camp was named for Major General Henry Wager Halleck, at that time Commander, Military Division of the Pacific. In May, 1868, it became headquarters for the Nevada Military District when Fort Churchill was abandoned.
On April 5, 1879, it became Fort Halleck. The nine-square mile reservation was set aside October 11, 1881. The fort was a two-company post, with about 20 buildings of wood, adobe and stone construction, arranged around the side of a rectangular parade ground.
Troops from the fort took no part in local Indian troubles. However, they saw action in February, 1873, against the Modoc Indians of northern California; against the Nez Perce uprising in Idaho in 1877; in 1878, against the Bannocks in Oregon; and against the Apaches in Arizona, 1883.
The fort was closed December 1, 1886.
