Fort Davis was a

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post established in the

Nome Census Area Nome Census Area is a census area located in the U.S. state of Alaska, mostly overlapping with the Seward Peninsula. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,046, up from 9,492 in 2010. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore h ...

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in 1900. It was named for General

Jefferson C. Davis Jefferson Columbus Davis (March 2, 1828 – November 30, 1879) was a regular officer of the United States Army during the American Civil War, known for the similarity of his name to that of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and for his kil ...

, the military commander of Alaska from 1868 to 1870. The

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led to unrest from claim jumping, claim filing errors, and a general lack of authority. The Army was sent to the Nome area to maintain order. Before Fort Davis was established, soldiers from the port of St. Michael were sent to maintain order in Nome. St. Michael was a transit harbor for the Klondike gold rush and due to its growth during the rush, a military fort was built there in 1897. Fort Davis was abandoned around 1917 or possibly later based on other sources.Finding aid for the William A. Moore collection at the Alaska State Library Historical Collection

or the finding aid for the Ole Christian Nerby collection at the University of Alaska Anchorage Archives and Special collection

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Demographics

Fort Davis appeared once on the 1910 U.S. Census as an unincorporated military installation. Owing to its deactivation around 1917, it was not reported again.

Gallery

File:Fortdavis-buildings.jpg, Barracks at Fort Davis, 1900 File:Nome-mapdet-1908.jpg, Blueprint of Nome and Fort Davis 1908 File:fort-davis-1909.jpg, Map of fort itself 1909 File:Soldiers-in-nome-1908.jpg, Parade in Nome 1908 showing soldiers

References

1900 establishments in Alaska Buildings and structures in Nome Census Area, Alaska

Davis Davis may refer to: Places Antarctica * Mount Davis (Antarctica) * Davis Island (Palmer Archipelago) * Davis Valley, Queen Elizabeth Land Canada * Davis, Saskatchewan, an unincorporated community * Davis Strait, between Nunavut and Gre ...

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