Fort Umpqua

Fort Umpqua refers to two separate frontier posts in Oregon that mark different phases of the region’s history. The first began in 1832 as a Hudson’s Bay Company trading post, was relocated in 1836 near present-day Elkton, and served the company’s fur trade in the Umpqua, Rogue, and Klamath regions. Visited in 1841 by the United States Exploring Expedition under Charles Wilkes, it was destroyed by fire in 1851 and closed in 1854. A second post was established in 1856 near present-day Gardiner as a U.S. military installation after the Rogue River War, remained active until tensions with Native American tribes eased, and was abandoned in 1862.

Oregon · United States