Fort Miller Blockhouse - Is it Lost?
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Fort Miller Blockhouse - Is it Lost?
Most of you should remember the Fort Miller Blockhouse that stood in Roeding Park from 1944 - to the 1980s. In the 1990s, it was removed from Roeding Park and today it might be stored someplace? I guess the Table Mountain Rancheria people have it? It was supposed to be rebuilt near the Fort Miller Court House, is it there? I've not been there in a very long time. Also near the blockhouse was a painted gold Sherman tank that is located I think it's now at Eagle Field.
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I'd also be interested to know where the Blockhouse is. The gold tank that sat in front of the Blockhouse was not a Sherman, but actually a Stewart.
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I'm looking for the Fort Miller current location as well. It is an important part of old Fresno and I remember it when visiting the park as a child. I found a 1964 article about the history of the Fort and I'm sharing it here. The continued on page 2C photo is a little hard to follow was I has to cut it up a bit to fit our forum. If anyone has memories of their visits to the Fort, please share them here!
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IIRC, an article in the Bee several years back said the fort is currently dismantled and in storage someplace, but I'm not sure where. I also remember it and the tank in Roeding Park, as well as the fort having a small museum inside.
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Anybody ever ride the trolley to Roeding Park to see the Blockhouse?
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The blockhouse at its original location before it was moved to the park. I remember seeing it as a kid but it was only about half this size and had been repaired at that point.
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Nice photo from a postcard showing how it looked after being restored and relocated to the park.
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Table Mountain Rancheria has a lot of the old Fort Miller buildings. They were rebuilding the structures last I heard, but I don't know if they ever finished.
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Old postcard with Fort Miller wood chip on back.
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Another shot of Fort Miller before it was restored and moved to Roeding Park, but not in as bad shape as the old photo a few posts up.
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