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'''Camp Castaway''' was a military encampment at what is now [[Coos Bay, Oregon|Coos Bay]], [[Oregon]], United States.<ref name=OGN1>{{Cite OGN|7th|page=143}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= Wells |first= Gwen |title= Contact and Settlement: Settlement Begins |url= http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/narratives/subtopic.cfm?subtopic_ID=554 |work= The Oregon History Project |publisher= [[Oregon Historical Society]] | accessdate=April 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Forts - Camps - Roads 1805-1976 |url= https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/records/agency/PublishingImages/fort.jpg |author= [[Oregon National Guard]] (State of Oregon, Oregon Military Department) |publisher= [[Oregon State Archives]] |accessdate= April 15, 2012 |date= July 1976}}</ref> It was established by the survivors of the wreck of the ''Captain Lincoln'', a U.S. transport schooner, on January 3, 1852.<ref name="dodge">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mnEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA121|last= Dodge |first= Orvil |year= 1898 |title= Pioneer History of Coos and Curry Counties, Oregon |publisher= Capital Printing Company |location= Salem, Oregon |pages= 115–125}}</ref> The ship began taking on water during a storm while en route from [[San Francisco]] to [[Fort Orford]] at the town of [[Port Orford, Oregon|Port Orford]].<ref name=OGN2>{{Cite OGN|7th|pages=371–372}}</ref> To avoid sinking, the captain decided to beach the ship north of [[Cape Arago]]. All of the roughly 30 troops (U.S. [[1st Cavalry Regiment (United States)|1st Dragoons]], Company C, predecessors to the U.S. Cavalry) on board, and the ship's crew, survived the wreck and most of the cargo was salvaged.<ref name="dodge"/><ref>{{Cite book |last= Miller |first= Morris |year= 1852 |title= Letter Report to Major O. Cross, Chief Quartermaster, Pacific Division, U.S. Army, San Francisco |publisher= 32nd Congress, 1st Session, Senate Executive Document, No 1 |pages=102–121}}</ref> At the time no U.S. settlement was present at Coos Bay, so commanding officer Lt. Henry Stanton decided to establish the camp to protect the cargo until it could be transported to Fort Orford, some 50 miles south on the [[Oregon Coast]]. The troops and crew used spars, booms and sail cloth from the schooner to build tent structures for housing and for protecting the cargo from winter rains and blowing sand. They named the temporary post Camp Castaway. The camp endured for four months in the open dunes with help from Native Americans of the [[Coos people|Coos]] tribe who traded fresh foods to the soldiers for silverware, biscuits and other nonlocal goods.<ref>{{cite book |last= Ward |first= Beverly |year= 1986 |title= White Moccasins |publisher= Myrtle Point Printing |page=47}}</ref>
'''Camp Castaway''' was a military encampment at what is now [[Coos Bay, Oregon|Coos Bay]], [[Oregon]], United States.<ref name=OGN1>{{Cite OGN|7th|page=143}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last= Wells |first= Gwen |title= Contact and Settlement: Settlement Begins |url= http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/narratives/subtopic.cfm?subtopic_ID=554 |work= The Oregon History Project |publisher= [[Oregon Historical Society]] | accessdate=April 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Forts - Camps - Roads 1805-1976 |url= https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/records/agency/PublishingImages/fort.jpg |author= [[Oregon National Guard]] (State of Oregon, Oregon Military Department) |publisher= [[Oregon State Archives]] |accessdate= April 15, 2012 |date= July 1976}}</ref> It was established by the survivors of the wreck of the ''Captain Lincoln'', a U.S. transport schooner, on January 3, 1852.<ref name="dodge">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mnEtAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA121|last= Dodge |first= Orvil |year= 1898 |title= Pioneer History of Coos and Curry Counties, Oregon |publisher= Capital Printing Company |location= Salem, Oregon |pages= 115–125}}</ref> The ship began taking on water during a storm while en route from [[San Francisco]] to [[Fort Orford]] at the town of [[Port Orford, Oregon|Port Orford]].<ref name=OGN2>{{Cite OGN|7th|pages=371–372}}</ref> To avoid sinking, the captain decided to beach the ship north of [[Cape Arago]]. All of the roughly 30 troops (U.S. [[1st Cavalry Regiment (United States)|1st Dragoons]], Company C, predecessors to the U.S. Cavalry) on board, and the ship's crew, survived the wreck and most of the cargo was salvaged.<ref name="dodge"/><ref>{{Cite book |last= Miller |first= Morris |year= 1852 |title= Letter Report to Major O. Cross, Chief Quartermaster, Pacific Division, U.S. Army, San Francisco |publisher= 32nd Congress, 1st Session, Senate Executive Document, No 1 |pages=102–121}}</ref> At the time no U.S. settlement was present at Coos Bay, so commanding officer Lt. Henry Stanton decided to establish the camp to protect the cargo until it could be transported to Fort Orford, some 50 miles south on the [[Oregon Coast]]. The troops and crew used spars, booms and sail cloth from the schooner to build tent structures for housing and for protecting the cargo from winter rains and blowing sand. They named the temporary post Camp Castaway. The camp endured for four months in the open dunes with help from Native Americans of the [[Coos people|Coos]] tribe who traded fresh foods to the soldiers for silverware, biscuits and other nonlocal goods.<ref>{{cite book |last= Ward |first= Beverly |year= 1986 |title= White Moccasins |publisher= Myrtle Point Printing |page=47}}</ref>


The archaeological remains of Camp Castaway were located by archaeologist Scott Byram during a survey in March, 2010, using 150-year-old archival records and maps he studied at the [[U.S. Coast Survey]] archives in Maryland.<ref>http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6tt003pf R. Scott Byram, 2013, ''Triangulating Archaeological Landscapes: The U.S. Coast Survey in California, 1850‐1895''. Contributions of the Archaeological Research Facility, University of California, Volume 65.
The archaeological remains of Camp Castaway were located by archaeologist Scott Byram during a survey in March, 2010, using 150-year-old archival records and maps he studied at the [[United States Coast and Geodetic Survey|United States Coast Survey]] archives in Maryland.<ref>http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6tt003pf R. Scott Byram, 2013, ''Triangulating Archaeological Landscapes: The U.S. Coast Survey in California, 1850‐1895''. Contributions of the Archaeological Research Facility, University of California, Volume 65.
{{ISBN|978-0-9890022-0-2}}</ref> It was subsequently designated Oregon archaeological site 35CS277. The site is located on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Coos Bay District. Following discovery of the site, BLM archaeologist Steve Samuels assembled a team from Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology, the [[Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians]], and the [[Coquille Indian Tribe]] to excavate the site.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://theworldlink.com/news/local/camp-castaway/article_522b222e-e343-5568-a827-ad0297cd6aa0.html | title=Camp Castaway }}</ref> Lead archaeologist Mark Tveskov of SOU concluded that the site was Camp Castaway based on the distinctive artifacts recovered. NOAA archaeologists Robert Schwemmer and James Delgado and historian John Cloud are also research team members. A full report of these excavations was due for publication in fall 2014.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}
{{ISBN|978-0-9890022-0-2}}</ref> It was subsequently designated Oregon archaeological site 35CS277. The site is located on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Coos Bay District. Following discovery of the site, BLM archaeologist Steve Samuels assembled a team from Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology, the [[Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians]], and the [[Coquille Indian Tribe]] to excavate the site.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://theworldlink.com/news/local/camp-castaway/article_522b222e-e343-5568-a827-ad0297cd6aa0.html | title=Camp Castaway }}</ref> Lead archaeologist Mark Tveskov of SOU concluded that the site was Camp Castaway based on the distinctive artifacts recovered. NOAA archaeologists Robert Schwemmer and James Delgado and historian John Cloud are also research team members. A full report of these excavations was due for publication in fall 2014.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}


Revision as of 14:49, 3 November 2023

Camp Castaway was a military encampment at what is now Coos Bay, Oregon, United States.[1][2][3] It was established by the survivors of the wreck of the Captain Lincoln, a U.S. transport schooner, on January 3, 1852.[4] The ship began taking on water during a storm while en route from San Francisco to Fort Orford at the town of Port Orford.[5] To avoid sinking, the captain decided to beach the ship north of Cape Arago. All of the roughly 30 troops (U.S. 1st Dragoons, Company C, predecessors to the U.S. Cavalry) on board, and the ship's crew, survived the wreck and most of the cargo was salvaged.[4][6] At the time no U.S. settlement was present at Coos Bay, so commanding officer Lt. Henry Stanton decided to establish the camp to protect the cargo until it could be transported to Fort Orford, some 50 miles south on the Oregon Coast. The troops and crew used spars, booms and sail cloth from the schooner to build tent structures for housing and for protecting the cargo from winter rains and blowing sand. They named the temporary post Camp Castaway. The camp endured for four months in the open dunes with help from Native Americans of the Coos tribe who traded fresh foods to the soldiers for silverware, biscuits and other nonlocal goods.[7]

The archaeological remains of Camp Castaway were located by archaeologist Scott Byram during a survey in March, 2010, using 150-year-old archival records and maps he studied at the United States Coast Survey archives in Maryland.[8] It was subsequently designated Oregon archaeological site 35CS277. The site is located on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Coos Bay District. Following discovery of the site, BLM archaeologist Steve Samuels assembled a team from Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology, the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, and the Coquille Indian Tribe to excavate the site.[9] Lead archaeologist Mark Tveskov of SOU concluded that the site was Camp Castaway based on the distinctive artifacts recovered. NOAA archaeologists Robert Schwemmer and James Delgado and historian John Cloud are also research team members. A full report of these excavations was due for publication in fall 2014.[citation needed]

See also

  • New Carissa, a ship that went aground in the same place as the Captain Lincoln in 1999

References

  1. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 143. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  2. ^ Wells, Gwen. "Contact and Settlement: Settlement Begins". The Oregon History Project. Oregon Historical Society. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
  3. ^ Oregon National Guard (State of Oregon, Oregon Military Department) (July 1976). "Forts - Camps - Roads 1805-1976". Oregon State Archives. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
  4. ^ a b Dodge, Orvil (1898). Pioneer History of Coos and Curry Counties, Oregon. Salem, Oregon: Capital Printing Company. pp. 115–125.
  5. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 371–372. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  6. ^ Miller, Morris (1852). Letter Report to Major O. Cross, Chief Quartermaster, Pacific Division, U.S. Army, San Francisco. 32nd Congress, 1st Session, Senate Executive Document, No 1. pp. 102–121.
  7. ^ Ward, Beverly (1986). White Moccasins. Myrtle Point Printing. p. 47.
  8. ^ http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6tt003pf R. Scott Byram, 2013, Triangulating Archaeological Landscapes: The U.S. Coast Survey in California, 1850‐1895. Contributions of the Archaeological Research Facility, University of California, Volume 65. ISBN 978-0-9890022-0-2
  9. ^ "Camp Castaway".

Castronuevo, Agnes F. 2012. Camp Castaway: Indians at First Sight. Published in Voice of CLUSI, September 2012, Issue 9, Vol. 13. Archived at Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259576951_Camp_Castaway_Indians_at_First_Sight

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