Fort Churchill
Depot, Carson River, Nevada.
- Side
- Union
- Kind
- Depot
- Where
- Carson River, Nevada
- Years
- 1861-1865
- Today
- State historic site
FORT CHURCHILL
Built on the Carson River from July 1860 into 1861 to protect settlers and the Pony Express mail route. During the Civil War it became an important supply depot for the Union Army, with an average strength of 200 soldiers. The post was abandoned in 1869.
Then
Built on the Carson River from July 1860 into 1861 to protect settlers and the Pony Express mail route, Fort Churchill became an important supply depot for the Union Army during the Civil War, with an average strength of 200 soldiers.
The post was abandoned in 1869, and its buildings sold at auction for $750 after Nevada declined to take the property.
Now
State historic site
The site is Fort Churchill State Historic Park.
Track in service today runs beside the site, on a line owned by Union Pacific.