8/5/2014
8/5/2014
Landmark information
- Location:
E of intersection of W Oak Creek Rd and Schabbell Ln, 3 mi NE of Independence - Plaque:
Other Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
5/23/1997 - Date Most Recently Visited:
8/5/2014 - GPS Coordinates:
N 36 49.994, W 118 13.355
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Camp Independence
At the request of settlers, Colonel George Evans led a military expedition to this site on July 4, 1862. Hence its name "Independence." Indian hostilities ceased and the camp closed. War again broke out in 1865 and the camp was reoccupied as Fort Independence until its abandonment in 1877. This fort made possible the early settlements in the Owens Valley.