Historical Marker · No. 430
Fort Bidwell
Fort Bidwell, Modoc County · California
Erected by California Centennials Commission; Alturas Parlor No. 159, N.D.G.W.; Fort Bidwell Civic Club; Fort Bidwell Indians, 1949
The Gidutikad Band of Northern Paiute says it plainly: Camp Bidwell, set up in 1865, was an Army outpost used to subdue them. The state's 1949 bronze said the post was built to protect settlers from marauding bands of Indians, and it stood on what is the tribe's reservation until it was taken down for that wording. It has not been replaced. Its own foot line credits the base partly to the Fort Bidwell Indians. After the Army left, the post was a boarding school for Native children from 1898 to 1930; the hospital's ruins still stand.
What the plaque says
Fort Bidwell Military Post 1865 - 1892 Monument marks site of old Fort Bidwell military post, established in August, 1865, to protect pioneer settlers of this vicinity from marauding bands of Indians. Abandoned as an army post in 1892. Tablet placed by California Centennials Commission. Base furnished by Alturas Parlor No. 159, N. D. G. W. Fort Bidwell Civic Club and Fort Bidwell Indians Dedicated August 28, 1949
Where it stands
41.85758, -120.15217 · Directions
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