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Fort Churchill

A Nevada State Park

Fort Churchill State Historic Park - Fort Churchill State Historic Park - The famous Pony Express once passed through this area. This parks offers campgrounds, picnic areas, group use areas, trails and access to the Carson River. Great place for photography and historical information. You can also go canoeing. Located 8 miles south of Silver Springs on US Hwy 95. For more information contact: Fort Churchill State Historic Park, Silver Springs, NV, 89429, (775) 577-2345.

Photo Galleries of the Ft Churchill complex

Fort Churchill – fort ruins and scenery	Fort Churchill – Carson River Ranches
Fort Churchill – Buckland Station	Sierra Nevada Unit rally at Fort Churchill in 2002
Sierra Nevada Unit rally at Dayton in 2004 with day trip to Ft Churchill and the civil war encampment	Sierra Nevada Unit rally at Fort Churchill – Buckland Station in 2006
Camping trip to Carson River Ranches and Scout Camp in 2009	Sierra Nevada Unit rally at Scout Camp – Carson River Ranches 2011

Park information

Fees: Moderate

Weather: On the Carson River and rather warm. Good conditions for bugs!

Location: US 95 A south of Silver Springs on the Carson River

Sites big enough for most RV's. Campgrounds are fairly flat. Gravel roads. Dump station near campground entrance.

Unstructured camping in the Scout Camp area

Learn More about Fort Churchill

Nv State Parks Fort Churchill page: http://www.parks.nv.gov/fc.htm - Civil War encampment Memorial Day weekend and October: http://www.parks.nv.gov/fccamp.htm
History of Lyon County: http://www.lyon-county.org/history.htm
Nevada State Library Myth of the Month #43: http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla/archives/myth/myth43.htm - (not the first dragoons in the US)
National Register of Historic Places: http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NV/Churchill/state.html
A history with an artists rendition of what it looked like in the 1860's: http://www.angelfire.com/oh/SilverstateNevada/FortHill.html
Ghost Towns (pictures by Dolores Steele!): http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/fortchurchill.html -
Geocities American Forts, Nevada: http://www.geocities.com/naforts/nv.html
Civil War Union Regimental Histories http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnvtr.htm
NV Tourism Dept Article: http://www.travelnevada.com/story.asp?sid=17
Yahoo - http://travel.yahoo.com/p/parks/217142
Nevada Max pictures (also of central Nevada): http://www.nevadamax.com/page19/wall19.html
Wildernet: http://areas.wildernet.com/pages/statepark.cfm?areaID=NVSPFC
The road from Fort Churchill to Wellington: http://www.travelbooksusa.com/nv03.htm
Dayton to Yerington, Wild Nevada (PBS TV Show) - http://www.knpb.org/productions/WildNevada/Trip107.asp
Desert USA places to go in Nevada: http://www.desertusa.com/placestogo/du_nevada.html
Online Highways: http://www.nvohwy.com/f/ftchsthp.htm
rootsweb with interesting links: http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/USA/nv/geography.html

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