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Fort Benson

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This site was the location of an adobe fortification erected about 1856-57 by the "Independent" faction in a dispute with the Mormons over a land title, and the fort was maintained for about a year. It also was the site of the Indian village of Jumuba, and Jedediah Smith camped here in January 1827.
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