Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria
Topics (click on a topic to jump to that section)
Big Flat | Bishop's Creek | Chowchilla River | Clear Lake | Dry Creek | Fine Gold Gulch | Four Creeks | Glanton Massacre | Owen's Lake | Redwood Creek/Whitney's Ranch | San Timoteo Canyon | Savage's Fight | Shelter Cove
Big Flat
Title: Big Flat
Location: Shelter Cove
Date: May 28, 1864
Bishop's Creek
Title: Bishop's Creek
Location: Bishop
Date: April 9, 1862
Chowchilla River
Title: Chowchilla River
Location: Chowchilla
Date: January 31, 1853
Clear Lake
Title: Clear Lake
Location: Lakeport
Date: May 14-15, 1850
Dry Creek
Title: Dry Creek
Location: Galt
Date: ca. February 3, 1853
Fine Gold Gulch
Title: Fine Gold Gulch
Location: Madera
Date: ca. February 3, 1851
Four Creeks
Title: Four Creeks
Location: Bakersfield
Date: January 1851
Glanton Massacre
Title: Glanton Massacre
Location: Winterhaven
Date: April 21, 1850
Owen's Lake
Title: Owen's Lake
Location: Lone Pine
Date: June 24, 1862
Redwood Creek/Whitney's Ranch
Title: Redwood Creek/Whitney's Ranch
Location: Northwestern California
Date: July 2 and September 8, 1862; July 9, 1863; February 29, 1864
San Timoteo Canyon
Title: San Timoteo Canyon
Location: Redlands
Date: May 29, 1851
Savage's Fight
Title: Savage's Fight
Location: Madera
Date: ca. January 11, 1851
Shelter Cove
Title: Shelter Cove
Location: Shelter Cove
Date: May 9, 1863
President Polk's campaign promise to secure Oregon and Texas for the U.S. subsequently led to the acquisition of California. Kit Carson describes the battles of Los Angeles and San Diego.