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This Sprawling, Coastal Oregon State Park Offers Cozy Campsites And Scenic Recreation

Head to this scenic state park on Oregon's coast for camping, hiking, and beach-combing experiences that include the Peter ...
Los Angeles Times

The Battle of Monocacy and Fort Stevens

WASHINGTON — Although Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace’s Union troops had slowed Confederates advance through Maryland at Monocacy in July 1964, the rebel march continued. Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early ...
Statesman Journal

A dose of nature, history camping at Fort Stevens

I've always considered camping to be an essential part of summer vacation. Usually my family and I would camp near a river, most often at Breitenbush Campground in Willamette National Forest, just ...
Smithsonian Magazine

When Washington, D.C. Came Close to Being Conquered by the Confederacy

It may be altogether fitting and proper that the battlefield has come to this. A ragged half-block of grass surrounded by brick rowhouses, it lies between the main business district of Washington, D.C ...
DC Military

D.C.’s Fort Stevens survived a Confederate attack and urban development

Fort Stevens has a unique military distinction: it was the only fort on the perimeter of Washington, D.C. defenses to directly come under attack during the Civil War. Located near Georgia Avenue ...
Seattle Times

For coastal visitors, Oregon’s Fort Stevens is always in season

WARRENTON, Ore. — The Oregon coast’s popular Fort Stevens State Park no longer has much of an offseason. Traditionally slow winter months have sped up at the state park with more visitors braving the ...
Oregonian

Fort Stevens is one of Oregon's best, most expansive state parks

Oregon has no shortage of beautiful state parks, but when it comes to offering a wealth of natural beauty, accessible trails, camping options and local history, it's hard to do better than Fort ...
The Washington Post

Fort Stevens, the Wilderness among endangered battlefields

The Civil War Preservation Trust will announce Thursday morning that Washington's beleaguered Fort Stevens, where Abraham Lincoln came under enemy gunfire in 1864, has again been placed on the trust's ...
KGW8

At the Columbia River's mouth sit the ghosts of Oregon's big guns

WARRENTON, Ore. — Fort Stevens State Park is made for the good times, with over 4,000 acres to spread across, plus miles of beach to explore. There’s 9 miles of paved trail, plus another 7 miles of ...
The New York Times

Lincoln’s Forgotten Fort

We went sledding there and played hide and seek, rolled Easter eggs and stole our first kisses. We could be dragged away only when we heard our mom’s vibrant whistle, signaling dinner. When we were ...
KOIN 6

Dog rescued from inside log at Fort Stevens State Park

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Daphne, a 13-year-old dachshund, was safely reunited with her owner on Wednesday after she was trapped inside a log at Fort Stevens State Park, according to Warrenton Fire ...