Camp Lyon, sometimes called Fort Lyon, was established March 1862 as a temporary California Volunteer post located about 20 miles southeast of

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, on the

right bank In geography, a bank is the land alongside a body of water. Different structures are referred to as ''banks'' in different fields of geography. In limnology (the study of inland waters), a stream bank or river bank is the terrain alongsid ...

of the Mad River at Brehmer's Ranch, opposite Blue Slide Creek near

Kneeland, California Kneeland (formerly, Kneeland Prairie) is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, Humboldt County, California. It is located south-southwest of Korbel, Humboldt County, California, Korbel, at an elevati ...

. Company K,

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was ordered to Camp Lyon December 1861, and served there until the fort was abandoned.

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