Fort Anderson or Camp Anderson, was a military post first established in May 1862 by California Volunteers during the Bald Hills War. Colonel Herbert M. Hart, USMC (retired), Historic California Posts: Fort Anderson (Camp Anderson), California State Military Department, The California Military Museum website, accessed February 12, 2012
/ref> It was located on Redwood Creek, below its confluence with Minor Creek, between Fort Humboldt and

Fort Gaston Fort Gaston was founded on December 4, 1859, in the redwood forests of the Hoopa Valley, in Northern California, on the west bank of the Trinity River, from where the Trinity flows into the Klamath River. It was located in what is now the Hoopa ...

. It was abandoned in the winter of 1862, but reestablished in 1864 and finally closed in 1866.

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Fort Anderson United States Army posts Military installations in California History of Humboldt County, California American Civil War army posts 1862 establishments in California Military installations closed in 1866 1866 disestablishments in California Formerly Used Defense Sites in California {{HumboldtCountyCA-geo-stub