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The commanding position known as Fort Baker is now receiving batteries of modern guns and mortars, soon to make it what I call "the Gibraltar of the Pacific Coast". At first the soldiers who manned these large guns camped in tents, but cold fog and winds soon made permanent housing a necessity. Thus grew Fort Baker starting in 1901.
While the Fox River dams were being built in the 1800’s many important inventions developed the use of steam and electricity, which could do the same work as power from dams without having to be close to a river. Yankee ingenuity and a few genius inventors would ultimately make the Fox’s dams economically obsolete as a source of mechanical ...
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Virginia Frontier Defenses 1719-1795. Volume I, Number 2 (January 1940), pp. 119-130. The story of the defense of the frontier of Virginia begins about the year 1719, by which time there seems to be reasonable evidence of settlers south of the Potomac River, on what is now the soil of West Virginia. The Indian, with some misgivings, of course ...
- Fogless Wonder
- Bay Natives: The Coast Miwok
- Mexican Era Rancho Sausalito
- Establishing Fort Baker
- Fort Baker Defenses During WWII
Much of San Francisco and points north of the bay fall under the realm of the frequent visitor in gray, Karl the Fog. Karl is fond of the Golden Gate Bridge and the bay; large swaths of the city disappear within his dense shroud. Although a ridge to the west keeps him from Fort Baker, it makes the view from Fort Baker a bit eerie. He's a product of...
The Miwok and their ancestors made their home in areas north of the Golden Gate, primarily in Marin County and southern Sonoma County, for 10,000 years before any Europeans arrived. They were organized into small, politically independent societal groups that moved annually between temporary and permanent village sites determined by seasonal hunting...
Although the Spanish colonized this region in 1776, the area remained largely uninhabited even after the Mexican War of Independence, which was fought from 1810 to 1821. Towards the mid-1800s, the grasslands here were gaining recognition as primo territory for cattle ranching. The ranch hands were known as los vaquerosand were some of America's fir...
In the mid-1800s, the US Army set about modernizing the harbor defenses of San Francisco. The brick forts that had been the standard structures for the first half of the century were now vulnerable to rifled artillery attack. The army therefore developed a more modern system that relied on hidden batteries and "disappearing" guns. At first, the men...
As the country began to mobilize for war, the army created the Harbor Defenses of San Francisco, a system with operational command over many San Francisco army posts, including Fort Baker, Fort Barry and Fort Cronkhite. The Harbor Defenses of San Francisco was responsible for ensuring the safety of friendly shipping traffic and defending the coastl...
Sep 30, 2021 · Fort Baker. Fort Baker, the 9th and final "Post-to-Park" conversion in the Golden Gate National Parks, is a 335 acre former 1905 U.S. Army post located immediately north of the Golden Gate Bridge. This hidden gem of a site consists of over 25 historic army buildings clustered around a main parade ground, a sheltered harbor protected by a jetty ...
May 30, 1972 · The purpose was to create a pond where wastes could settle out of wash water from the mine before it returned to the creek. The company relied on natural seepage and an overflow pipe to...
Sep 30, 2019 · The Day of the Saint Francis Dam Disaster. The morning of March 12 began like any other. The keeper of the dam went about his work which included checking for new leaks. His concern over a leak at the west abutment prompted the call to Mulholland and the subsequent inspection.
