JAMES HENTON
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
23RD U. S. INFANTRY
U. S. ARMY
ENLISTED, PRIVATE, 6TH INFANTRY - 1853
SIXTH INFANTRY MARCH TO CALIFORNIA, 2200 MILES- 1858
CIVIL WAR SERVICE, 14TH AND 23RD INFANTRY, 1861-65
BREVET CAPTAIN, GETTYSBURG, 1865
CAPTAIN - 1865
COPMMANDER, Ft. BRADY, MI, 1884-1889
MAJOR - 1891
STATIONED FT. DAVIS,TX, 1890-1891
COMMANDER, FT. BLISS, TX , 1891-94
LT. COLONEL - 1894
41 YEARS ARMY SERVICE
DIED ON DUTY AT FT. RINGGOLD, TX
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SOLDIER HISTORY :
JAMES HENTON
Residence : Marietta, Ohio
Enlisted on 5/14/1861 as a Private
On 5/14/1861 he was commissioned into " A " Co. U. S. Army 14th Infantry.
( Subsequent service in the U. S. Army until his death )
Promotions:
*. 1st Sergt
*. 2nd Lieut. 10/5/1861
*. 1st Lieut. 2/19/1862
*. Captain. 3/13/1865 by Brevet ( Gettysburg, Pa. )
* Captain. 11/4/1865
OTHER INFORMATION :
born in England
died 7/5/1895
( Married Helen August Crook of Rouse's Point, N. Y. )
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HISTORICAL REGISTER and DICTIONARY
of the
UNITED STATES ARMY
by: Francis B. Heitman
HENTON, JAMES. England. Army
Private, Corporal, Sergeant, and 1st Sergeant , " D " Company, 6th Infantry from 22 November 1853 to 22 November 1858 ;
Private and 1st Sergeant , " A " Company 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry from 14 May 1860 to 25 October 1861 ;
2nd Lieutenant, 14th Infantry, 5 October 1861 ;
1st Lieutenant, 19 February 1862 ;
Captain, 4 November 1863 ;
Transfer to 23rd Infantry, 21 September 1866 ;
Major, 31 January 1891 ;
Lt. Colonel, 13 August 1894 ;
Brevet Captain, 13 March 1865 for gallant and meritorious service in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa.;
Died 5 July 1895.
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SIXTH INFANTRY
Companies of the 6th Infantry marched from Ft. Leavenworth to Ft. Bridger and then ( with a 2 week rest ). on to forts on the Pacific coast totaling 2200 miles following the Utah War in 1857.
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STONE BRIDGE and the OREGON CENTRAL MILITARY WAGON ROAD
Wikipedia
The Stone Bridge is a causeway built by the United States Army in 1867. It crosses the marshy channel that connects Hart Lake and Crump Lake in a remote area of Lake County in eastern Oregon. It was later incorporated into the Oregon Central Military Wagon Road, which was completed in 1872.
In the Spring of 1867, the 14th Infantry was replaced by a company of the 23rd Infantry regiment. In February, General George Crook visited Camp Warner. Crook directed that the camp be moved to the Honey Creek site west of the lakes. To get the Army's wagons and equipment across the Warner wetlands, forty men under the command of CAPTAIN JAMES HENTON were assigned to build a bridge across a narrow , marshy channel between Hart Lake and Crump Lake. Shortly after the bridge was begun a second detachment was sent ahead to construct the new fort. The bridge was completed that summer and the soldiers moved into the new camp, which was named Fort Warner.
The Stone Bridge was the first large structure built in the south-central part of Oregon. It was constructed between 16 May and 24 July 1867 by forty men from the 23rd Infantry Regiment under the supervision of CAPTAIN JAMES HENTON. The site chosen for the bridge was a narrow marsh that connects Hart Lake and Crump Lake, two large lakes at the southern end of the seventy mile long chain of lakes and wetlands known as Warner Lakes.
The Stone Bridge is actually a quarter mile long causeway rather than a traditional bridge. It was constructed by hauling basalt boulders and smaller rocks from nearby Hart Mountain and dumping them into the marsh. When it was completed , the causeway was probably several feet above the water level and wide enough for wagons to pass over it.
The Army abandoned the crossing in 1874 when it closed Fort Warner and left the area. In the meantime, the Oregon Central Military Wagon Road had begun using the Stone Bridge to cross the Warner Lakes. After the military road was abandoned, local ranchers used the causeway as a cattle crossing for many years. Eventually, the causeway settled into the soft marshy ground, disappearing beneath the water.
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THE POST OF NORTH PLATTE STATION
1867 - 1878
By Thomas R. Buecker
excerpt:
In March, 1875, North Platte Station was declared an independent post and Captain Mills and his cavalrymen were transferred to Camp Sheridan ..... Afterward infantry troops were again used as the garrison of the post.
The new commander , CAPTAIN JAMES HENTON, improved relations between town and post by entertaining civilians and parading the soldiers through the streets on holidays. During the winter of 1875 - 1876 when prairie fires threatened the town, troops were dispatched to put out the flames. In another instance CAPTAIN HENTON'S company fought a fire in a stable in North Platte.
IN GARRISON AT NORTH PLATTE STA.
Co. B, 23rd Inf. April, 1875 - Nov. 1876
OFFICERS:
Captain James Henton
2nd Lt. Calvin Crowler
1st Lt. John Trout
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CAPTAIN HENTON and his company of men were at Fort Leavenworth, 1878-1879, then were transferred by way of Fort Dodge to Indian Territory.
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Captain Henton was commander of Fort Brady in Michigan, 1884-1889
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Captain, then Major Henton was stationed in Texas the last few years of his service, Ft. Davis, Ft. Bliss and Ft. Ringgold, commanding the last two.
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OBITUARIES :
Cincinnati Enquirer
10 July 1895
Page 6
Lieutenant Colonel James Henton, Twenty-third Infantry, died very suddenly this week at Ft. Ringgold, Texas. In 1853 , Colonel Henton enlisted for the Sixth Infantry, the regiment now at Ft. Thomas and was with the regiment in its celebrated march from the Missouri River to California in 1858.
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THE ANN ARBOR COURIER
Wednesday
July 10, 1895
Colonel James Henton, of the U. S. Army died in Texas, Saturday. His son Stanton graduated from the law school in 1893 and his wife and daughter had been frequent visitors at Ann Arbor.
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Researched and Transcribed by:
ED CATTERSON
[email protected]
1/24/2021
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
23RD U. S. INFANTRY
U. S. ARMY
ENLISTED, PRIVATE, 6TH INFANTRY - 1853
SIXTH INFANTRY MARCH TO CALIFORNIA, 2200 MILES- 1858
CIVIL WAR SERVICE, 14TH AND 23RD INFANTRY, 1861-65
BREVET CAPTAIN, GETTYSBURG, 1865
CAPTAIN - 1865
COPMMANDER, Ft. BRADY, MI, 1884-1889
MAJOR - 1891
STATIONED FT. DAVIS,TX, 1890-1891
COMMANDER, FT. BLISS, TX , 1891-94
LT. COLONEL - 1894
41 YEARS ARMY SERVICE
DIED ON DUTY AT FT. RINGGOLD, TX
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SOLDIER HISTORY :
JAMES HENTON
Residence : Marietta, Ohio
Enlisted on 5/14/1861 as a Private
On 5/14/1861 he was commissioned into " A " Co. U. S. Army 14th Infantry.
( Subsequent service in the U. S. Army until his death )
Promotions:
*. 1st Sergt
*. 2nd Lieut. 10/5/1861
*. 1st Lieut. 2/19/1862
*. Captain. 3/13/1865 by Brevet ( Gettysburg, Pa. )
* Captain. 11/4/1865
OTHER INFORMATION :
born in England
died 7/5/1895
( Married Helen August Crook of Rouse's Point, N. Y. )
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
HISTORICAL REGISTER and DICTIONARY
of the
UNITED STATES ARMY
by: Francis B. Heitman
HENTON, JAMES. England. Army
Private, Corporal, Sergeant, and 1st Sergeant , " D " Company, 6th Infantry from 22 November 1853 to 22 November 1858 ;
Private and 1st Sergeant , " A " Company 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry from 14 May 1860 to 25 October 1861 ;
2nd Lieutenant, 14th Infantry, 5 October 1861 ;
1st Lieutenant, 19 February 1862 ;
Captain, 4 November 1863 ;
Transfer to 23rd Infantry, 21 September 1866 ;
Major, 31 January 1891 ;
Lt. Colonel, 13 August 1894 ;
Brevet Captain, 13 March 1865 for gallant and meritorious service in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa.;
Died 5 July 1895.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
SIXTH INFANTRY
Companies of the 6th Infantry marched from Ft. Leavenworth to Ft. Bridger and then ( with a 2 week rest ). on to forts on the Pacific coast totaling 2200 miles following the Utah War in 1857.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
STONE BRIDGE and the OREGON CENTRAL MILITARY WAGON ROAD
Wikipedia
The Stone Bridge is a causeway built by the United States Army in 1867. It crosses the marshy channel that connects Hart Lake and Crump Lake in a remote area of Lake County in eastern Oregon. It was later incorporated into the Oregon Central Military Wagon Road, which was completed in 1872.
In the Spring of 1867, the 14th Infantry was replaced by a company of the 23rd Infantry regiment. In February, General George Crook visited Camp Warner. Crook directed that the camp be moved to the Honey Creek site west of the lakes. To get the Army's wagons and equipment across the Warner wetlands, forty men under the command of CAPTAIN JAMES HENTON were assigned to build a bridge across a narrow , marshy channel between Hart Lake and Crump Lake. Shortly after the bridge was begun a second detachment was sent ahead to construct the new fort. The bridge was completed that summer and the soldiers moved into the new camp, which was named Fort Warner.
The Stone Bridge was the first large structure built in the south-central part of Oregon. It was constructed between 16 May and 24 July 1867 by forty men from the 23rd Infantry Regiment under the supervision of CAPTAIN JAMES HENTON. The site chosen for the bridge was a narrow marsh that connects Hart Lake and Crump Lake, two large lakes at the southern end of the seventy mile long chain of lakes and wetlands known as Warner Lakes.
The Stone Bridge is actually a quarter mile long causeway rather than a traditional bridge. It was constructed by hauling basalt boulders and smaller rocks from nearby Hart Mountain and dumping them into the marsh. When it was completed , the causeway was probably several feet above the water level and wide enough for wagons to pass over it.
The Army abandoned the crossing in 1874 when it closed Fort Warner and left the area. In the meantime, the Oregon Central Military Wagon Road had begun using the Stone Bridge to cross the Warner Lakes. After the military road was abandoned, local ranchers used the causeway as a cattle crossing for many years. Eventually, the causeway settled into the soft marshy ground, disappearing beneath the water.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
THE POST OF NORTH PLATTE STATION
1867 - 1878
By Thomas R. Buecker
excerpt:
In March, 1875, North Platte Station was declared an independent post and Captain Mills and his cavalrymen were transferred to Camp Sheridan ..... Afterward infantry troops were again used as the garrison of the post.
The new commander , CAPTAIN JAMES HENTON, improved relations between town and post by entertaining civilians and parading the soldiers through the streets on holidays. During the winter of 1875 - 1876 when prairie fires threatened the town, troops were dispatched to put out the flames. In another instance CAPTAIN HENTON'S company fought a fire in a stable in North Platte.
IN GARRISON AT NORTH PLATTE STA.
Co. B, 23rd Inf. April, 1875 - Nov. 1876
OFFICERS:
Captain James Henton
2nd Lt. Calvin Crowler
1st Lt. John Trout
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
CAPTAIN HENTON and his company of men were at Fort Leavenworth, 1878-1879, then were transferred by way of Fort Dodge to Indian Territory.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Captain Henton was commander of Fort Brady in Michigan, 1884-1889
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Captain, then Major Henton was stationed in Texas the last few years of his service, Ft. Davis, Ft. Bliss and Ft. Ringgold, commanding the last two.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
OBITUARIES :
Cincinnati Enquirer
10 July 1895
Page 6
Lieutenant Colonel James Henton, Twenty-third Infantry, died very suddenly this week at Ft. Ringgold, Texas. In 1853 , Colonel Henton enlisted for the Sixth Infantry, the regiment now at Ft. Thomas and was with the regiment in its celebrated march from the Missouri River to California in 1858.
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THE ANN ARBOR COURIER
Wednesday
July 10, 1895
Colonel James Henton, of the U. S. Army died in Texas, Saturday. His son Stanton graduated from the law school in 1893 and his wife and daughter had been frequent visitors at Ann Arbor.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Researched and Transcribed by:
ED CATTERSON
[email protected]
1/24/2021
JAMES HENTON
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
23RD U. S. INFANTRY
U. S. ARMY
ENLISTED, PRIVATE, 6TH INFANTRY - 1853
SIXTH INFANTRY MARCH TO CALIFORNIA, 2200 MILES- 1858
CIVIL WAR SERVICE, 14TH AND 23RD INFANTRY, 1861-65
BREVET CAPTAIN, GETTYSBURG, 1865
CAPTAIN - 1865
COPMMANDER, Ft. BRADY, MI, 1884-1889
MAJOR - 1891
STATIONED FT. DAVIS,TX, 1890-1891
COMMANDER, FT. BLISS, TX , 1891-94
LT. COLONEL - 1894
41 YEARS ARMY SERVICE
DIED ON DUTY AT FT. RINGGOLD, TX
+++++++++++++++++++++++
SOLDIER HISTORY :
JAMES HENTON
Residence : Marietta, Ohio
Enlisted on 5/14/1861 as a Private
On 5/14/1861 he was commissioned into " A " Co. U. S. Army 14th Infantry.
( Subsequent service in the U. S. Army until his death )
Promotions:
*. 1st Sergt
*. 2nd Lieut. 10/5/1861
*. 1st Lieut. 2/19/1862
*. Captain. 3/13/1865 by Brevet ( Gettysburg, Pa. )
* Captain. 11/4/1865
OTHER INFORMATION :
born in England
died 7/5/1895
( Married Helen August Crook of Rouse's Point, N. Y. )
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
HISTORICAL REGISTER and DICTIONARY
of the
UNITED STATES ARMY
by: Francis B. Heitman
HENTON, JAMES. England. Army
Private, Corporal, Sergeant, and 1st Sergeant , " D " Company, 6th Infantry from 22 November 1853 to 22 November 1858 ;
Private and 1st Sergeant , " A " Company 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry from 14 May 1860 to 25 October 1861 ;
2nd Lieutenant, 14th Infantry, 5 October 1861 ;
1st Lieutenant, 19 February 1862 ;
Captain, 4 November 1863 ;
Transfer to 23rd Infantry, 21 September 1866 ;
Major, 31 January 1891 ;
Lt. Colonel, 13 August 1894 ;
Brevet Captain, 13 March 1865 for gallant and meritorious service in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa.;
Died 5 July 1895.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
SIXTH INFANTRY
Companies of the 6th Infantry marched from Ft. Leavenworth to Ft. Bridger and then ( with a 2 week rest ). on to forts on the Pacific coast totaling 2200 miles following the Utah War in 1857.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
STONE BRIDGE and the OREGON CENTRAL MILITARY WAGON ROAD
Wikipedia
The Stone Bridge is a causeway built by the United States Army in 1867. It crosses the marshy channel that connects Hart Lake and Crump Lake in a remote area of Lake County in eastern Oregon. It was later incorporated into the Oregon Central Military Wagon Road, which was completed in 1872.
In the Spring of 1867, the 14th Infantry was replaced by a company of the 23rd Infantry regiment. In February, General George Crook visited Camp Warner. Crook directed that the camp be moved to the Honey Creek site west of the lakes. To get the Army's wagons and equipment across the Warner wetlands, forty men under the command of CAPTAIN JAMES HENTON were assigned to build a bridge across a narrow , marshy channel between Hart Lake and Crump Lake. Shortly after the bridge was begun a second detachment was sent ahead to construct the new fort. The bridge was completed that summer and the soldiers moved into the new camp, which was named Fort Warner.
The Stone Bridge was the first large structure built in the south-central part of Oregon. It was constructed between 16 May and 24 July 1867 by forty men from the 23rd Infantry Regiment under the supervision of CAPTAIN JAMES HENTON. The site chosen for the bridge was a narrow marsh that connects Hart Lake and Crump Lake, two large lakes at the southern end of the seventy mile long chain of lakes and wetlands known as Warner Lakes.
The Stone Bridge is actually a quarter mile long causeway rather than a traditional bridge. It was constructed by hauling basalt boulders and smaller rocks from nearby Hart Mountain and dumping them into the marsh. When it was completed , the causeway was probably several feet above the water level and wide enough for wagons to pass over it.
The Army abandoned the crossing in 1874 when it closed Fort Warner and left the area. In the meantime, the Oregon Central Military Wagon Road had begun using the Stone Bridge to cross the Warner Lakes. After the military road was abandoned, local ranchers used the causeway as a cattle crossing for many years. Eventually, the causeway settled into the soft marshy ground, disappearing beneath the water.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
THE POST OF NORTH PLATTE STATION
1867 - 1878
By Thomas R. Buecker
excerpt:
In March, 1875, North Platte Station was declared an independent post and Captain Mills and his cavalrymen were transferred to Camp Sheridan ..... Afterward infantry troops were again used as the garrison of the post.
The new commander , CAPTAIN JAMES HENTON, improved relations between town and post by entertaining civilians and parading the soldiers through the streets on holidays. During the winter of 1875 - 1876 when prairie fires threatened the town, troops were dispatched to put out the flames. In another instance CAPTAIN HENTON'S company fought a fire in a stable in North Platte.
IN GARRISON AT NORTH PLATTE STA.
Co. B, 23rd Inf. April, 1875 - Nov. 1876
OFFICERS:
Captain James Henton
2nd Lt. Calvin Crowler
1st Lt. John Trout
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
CAPTAIN HENTON and his company of men were at Fort Leavenworth, 1878-1879, then were transferred by way of Fort Dodge to Indian Territory.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Captain Henton was commander of Fort Brady in Michigan, 1884-1889
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Captain, then Major Henton was stationed in Texas the last few years of his service, Ft. Davis, Ft. Bliss and Ft. Ringgold, commanding the last two.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
OBITUARIES :
Cincinnati Enquirer
10 July 1895
Page 6
Lieutenant Colonel James Henton, Twenty-third Infantry, died very suddenly this week at Ft. Ringgold, Texas. In 1853 , Colonel Henton enlisted for the Sixth Infantry, the regiment now at Ft. Thomas and was with the regiment in its celebrated march from the Missouri River to California in 1858.
----------------------
THE ANN ARBOR COURIER
Wednesday
July 10, 1895
Colonel James Henton, of the U. S. Army died in Texas, Saturday. His son Stanton graduated from the law school in 1893 and his wife and daughter had been frequent visitors at Ann Arbor.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Researched and Transcribed by:
ED CATTERSON
[email protected]
1/24/2021
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
23RD U. S. INFANTRY
U. S. ARMY
ENLISTED, PRIVATE, 6TH INFANTRY - 1853
SIXTH INFANTRY MARCH TO CALIFORNIA, 2200 MILES- 1858
CIVIL WAR SERVICE, 14TH AND 23RD INFANTRY, 1861-65
BREVET CAPTAIN, GETTYSBURG, 1865
CAPTAIN - 1865
COPMMANDER, Ft. BRADY, MI, 1884-1889
MAJOR - 1891
STATIONED FT. DAVIS,TX, 1890-1891
COMMANDER, FT. BLISS, TX , 1891-94
LT. COLONEL - 1894
41 YEARS ARMY SERVICE
DIED ON DUTY AT FT. RINGGOLD, TX
+++++++++++++++++++++++
SOLDIER HISTORY :
JAMES HENTON
Residence : Marietta, Ohio
Enlisted on 5/14/1861 as a Private
On 5/14/1861 he was commissioned into " A " Co. U. S. Army 14th Infantry.
( Subsequent service in the U. S. Army until his death )
Promotions:
*. 1st Sergt
*. 2nd Lieut. 10/5/1861
*. 1st Lieut. 2/19/1862
*. Captain. 3/13/1865 by Brevet ( Gettysburg, Pa. )
* Captain. 11/4/1865
OTHER INFORMATION :
born in England
died 7/5/1895
( Married Helen August Crook of Rouse's Point, N. Y. )
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
HISTORICAL REGISTER and DICTIONARY
of the
UNITED STATES ARMY
by: Francis B. Heitman
HENTON, JAMES. England. Army
Private, Corporal, Sergeant, and 1st Sergeant , " D " Company, 6th Infantry from 22 November 1853 to 22 November 1858 ;
Private and 1st Sergeant , " A " Company 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry from 14 May 1860 to 25 October 1861 ;
2nd Lieutenant, 14th Infantry, 5 October 1861 ;
1st Lieutenant, 19 February 1862 ;
Captain, 4 November 1863 ;
Transfer to 23rd Infantry, 21 September 1866 ;
Major, 31 January 1891 ;
Lt. Colonel, 13 August 1894 ;
Brevet Captain, 13 March 1865 for gallant and meritorious service in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa.;
Died 5 July 1895.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
SIXTH INFANTRY
Companies of the 6th Infantry marched from Ft. Leavenworth to Ft. Bridger and then ( with a 2 week rest ). on to forts on the Pacific coast totaling 2200 miles following the Utah War in 1857.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
STONE BRIDGE and the OREGON CENTRAL MILITARY WAGON ROAD
Wikipedia
The Stone Bridge is a causeway built by the United States Army in 1867. It crosses the marshy channel that connects Hart Lake and Crump Lake in a remote area of Lake County in eastern Oregon. It was later incorporated into the Oregon Central Military Wagon Road, which was completed in 1872.
In the Spring of 1867, the 14th Infantry was replaced by a company of the 23rd Infantry regiment. In February, General George Crook visited Camp Warner. Crook directed that the camp be moved to the Honey Creek site west of the lakes. To get the Army's wagons and equipment across the Warner wetlands, forty men under the command of CAPTAIN JAMES HENTON were assigned to build a bridge across a narrow , marshy channel between Hart Lake and Crump Lake. Shortly after the bridge was begun a second detachment was sent ahead to construct the new fort. The bridge was completed that summer and the soldiers moved into the new camp, which was named Fort Warner.
The Stone Bridge was the first large structure built in the south-central part of Oregon. It was constructed between 16 May and 24 July 1867 by forty men from the 23rd Infantry Regiment under the supervision of CAPTAIN JAMES HENTON. The site chosen for the bridge was a narrow marsh that connects Hart Lake and Crump Lake, two large lakes at the southern end of the seventy mile long chain of lakes and wetlands known as Warner Lakes.
The Stone Bridge is actually a quarter mile long causeway rather than a traditional bridge. It was constructed by hauling basalt boulders and smaller rocks from nearby Hart Mountain and dumping them into the marsh. When it was completed , the causeway was probably several feet above the water level and wide enough for wagons to pass over it.
The Army abandoned the crossing in 1874 when it closed Fort Warner and left the area. In the meantime, the Oregon Central Military Wagon Road had begun using the Stone Bridge to cross the Warner Lakes. After the military road was abandoned, local ranchers used the causeway as a cattle crossing for many years. Eventually, the causeway settled into the soft marshy ground, disappearing beneath the water.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
THE POST OF NORTH PLATTE STATION
1867 - 1878
By Thomas R. Buecker
excerpt:
In March, 1875, North Platte Station was declared an independent post and Captain Mills and his cavalrymen were transferred to Camp Sheridan ..... Afterward infantry troops were again used as the garrison of the post.
The new commander , CAPTAIN JAMES HENTON, improved relations between town and post by entertaining civilians and parading the soldiers through the streets on holidays. During the winter of 1875 - 1876 when prairie fires threatened the town, troops were dispatched to put out the flames. In another instance CAPTAIN HENTON'S company fought a fire in a stable in North Platte.
IN GARRISON AT NORTH PLATTE STA.
Co. B, 23rd Inf. April, 1875 - Nov. 1876
OFFICERS:
Captain James Henton
2nd Lt. Calvin Crowler
1st Lt. John Trout
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
CAPTAIN HENTON and his company of men were at Fort Leavenworth, 1878-1879, then were transferred by way of Fort Dodge to Indian Territory.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Captain Henton was commander of Fort Brady in Michigan, 1884-1889
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Captain, then Major Henton was stationed in Texas the last few years of his service, Ft. Davis, Ft. Bliss and Ft. Ringgold, commanding the last two.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
OBITUARIES :
Cincinnati Enquirer
10 July 1895
Page 6
Lieutenant Colonel James Henton, Twenty-third Infantry, died very suddenly this week at Ft. Ringgold, Texas. In 1853 , Colonel Henton enlisted for the Sixth Infantry, the regiment now at Ft. Thomas and was with the regiment in its celebrated march from the Missouri River to California in 1858.
----------------------
THE ANN ARBOR COURIER
Wednesday
July 10, 1895
Colonel James Henton, of the U. S. Army died in Texas, Saturday. His son Stanton graduated from the law school in 1893 and his wife and daughter had been frequent visitors at Ann Arbor.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Researched and Transcribed by:
ED CATTERSON
[email protected]
1/24/2021
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