7/20/2025
7/20/2025
Landmark information
- Location:
From Hwy 101 take Ter-Wer Valley exit (Hwy 169), go 3.4 mi to end of road, turn right on Ter-Wer Riffle Rd. Site at intersection of Ter-Wer Riffle and Klamath Glen Rds, Klamath - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
9/2/1995 - Date Most Recently Visited:
7/20/2025 - GPS Coordinates:
N 41 30.607, W 123 59.307
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Fort Ter-Wer, Klamath
Fort Terwer
Site of Fort Terwer, United State military post, established October 12, 1857, by First Lieutenant George Crook and men of Company D to keep peace between the Indians and whites. The fort was destroyed by a flood in December 1861, and abandoned June 10, 1862.