Fort Hoskins

Fort Hoskins was a former U.S. Army post on the Luckiamute River in western Oregon, established in the mid-nineteenth century to monitor the Coastal Indian Reservation. Begun in 1856 under Captain Christopher C. Augur and completed in 1857 with Lieutenant Philip Sheridan overseeing the work, it was an unfortified post rather than a true fort. Named for Lieutenant Charles Hoskins, it became a small, isolated military community whose troops never saw combat, though they did suppress a bloodless uprising at Yaquina Bay. Abandoned in 1865, the post left a lasting mark through local settlement, preserved journals, surviving buildings, and its archaeological remains.

Kings Valley, Oregon · United States