9/9/2020
5/9/1998
9/9/2020
Landmark information
- Location:
Plaque: 321 Main St., Fort Bragg. Site: 1 block east. - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Existing - Date First Visited:
5/9/1998 - Date Most Recently Visited:
9/9/2020 - GPS Coordinates:
N 39 26.694, W 123 48.368 - Other Designations:
National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Fort Bragg
Established in this vicinity June 11, 1857, by 1st Lieut. Horatio Gates Gibson, 3d Artillery, later Brig. Gen. U.S. Army. Named by Gibson in honor of his former company commander Braxton Bragg, later Gen. C.S.A. Abandoned in October, 1864.