Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Fort Deseret

United States historic place From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fort Deseretmap
Remove ads

Fort Deseret (/ˌdɛzəˈrɛt/ )[2] is a former fort located in northeastern Millard County, Utah, United States, just south of Deseret.

Thumb
Fort Deseret, June 2016

Quick Facts Location, Nearest city ...
Remove ads

Description

The fort was built in 1865 during the Utah Black Hawk War to protect settlers in western Utah from the attacks of local Utes. Due to U.S. Army obligations in the Civil War, local settlers were advised to take measures to defend themselves, resulting in the construction of the fort. The 550-foot square fort had 10-foot adobe walls. It proved useful when Black Hawk appeared in 1866 at Deseret demanding cattle. The security provided by the fortification allowed a peaceful settlement to be negotiated.[3] The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 9, 1970.[4]

Remove ads

See also

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads