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Fort Bragg is a city along the North Coast of California along in Mendocino County. The city is 24 miles (39 km) west of Willits, [ 12] at an elevation of 85 feet (26 m). [ 4] Its population was 6,983 at the 2020 census . Fort Bragg is a tourist destination because of its views of the Pacific Ocean.
Camp Bragg was established in 1918 as an artillery training ground. The Chief of Field Artillery, General William J. Snow, was seeking an area having suitable terrain, adequate water, rail facilities, and a climate suitable for year-round training, and he decided that the area now known as Fort Liberty met all of the desired criteria. [5]
An effort by the U.S. Army to acquire a further 49,000 acres in the county in 1952 for Fort Bragg was abandoned after intense lobbying by local residents. In 1958, Little River Township, a section of north Hoke which was cut off from the rest of the county due to the presence of the Fort Bragg Military Reservation, was moved into the ...
A soldier walks past the aging Smoke Bomb Hill barracks Sept. 8, 2022. Most of the aging Smoke Bomb Hill barracks were demolished after issues with heating and ventilation systems and moisture ...
The Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens are located on 47 acres (19 hectares) in Fort Bragg, California, United States between California's Highway One and the Pacific Ocean. The garden property includes canyons, wetlands, coastal bluffs, and a closed-cone pine forest . The Gardens comprise plant collections suited to its mild coastal ...
Comptche is located in west-central Mendocino County at (39.2648954, -123.5911224 It is in ZIP code 95427 and lies at the junction of three minor roads. Comptche–Ukiah Road extends west from Comptche 15 miles (24 km) to Mendocino on State Route 1, while to the east Orr Springs Road leads 30 miles (48 km) to Ukiah on U.S. 101 (passing through Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve ...
Simmons Army Airfield [2] (IATA: FBG, ICAO: KFBG, FAA LID: FBG) is a military use airport located in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. [1] It is located on the southeast portion of Fort Liberty and supports the aviation needs of the XVIII Airborne Corps, the 82nd Airborne Division, Special Operations, U.S. Army Reserve and U.S. National Guard aviation units.
The present name of Fort Ross [5] appears first on a French chart published in 1842 by Eugène Duflot de Mofras, who visited California in 1840. [6] The name of the fort is said to derive from the Russian word rus or ros, the same root as the word "Russia" (Pоссия, Rossiya) (Fort Ross (Russian: Форт-Росс, Kashaya mé·ṭiʔni), originally Fortress Ross (pre-reformed Russian ...