Talk:Fort Yamhill

The actual/original blockhouse should have its own wikipedia page.
The actual, original Fort Yamhill Blockhouse is now located in Courthouse Square Park in Dayton, OR. It was moved here in 1911 and has been cared for and maintained by the municipality for the last 100 years. It really should have its own wikipedia page. If not, then the Courthouse Square park (within which, it resides) should have its own dedicated page as a National Historic Site, with the Blockhouse featured as its most prominent structure. We at www.DaytonOregon.org have gotten numerous emails over last 4 years from people who are confused as to its (the acutal Blockhouse)location. They are disappointed when they travel to the Fort Yamhill Heritage area (near Sheridan) and there is NO FORT there. It is a great site, but there is "no Fort" at "Fort yamhill". The actual structure that was the 'fortification'(Fort) is actually the Blockhouse and is actually in Dayton, which is in Yamhill County, BTW. The park that it resides in is on the historic register. One of the contributing reasons why the Park is on the Historic register (added in the 1980s), is/was the presence of the Blockhouse: http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/87000336.pdf sorry, I am not a wikipedia expert. I hope this is helpful. It is just that there is confusion among visitors as to where the "structure" actually stands. The good folks at the Fort Yamhill Heritage site don't seem to mind that folks are confused when they get there and find no Fort/Blockhouse. The confusion is currently perpetuated on wikipedia when looking at the Fort Yamhill Page. Thank you. Johncdc (talk) 01:57, 26 May 2011 (UTC)John Collins
 * I'm sorry but what confusion? Or are people not reading the article? It says, and I quote, "The blockhouse of the fort was moved to a park in downtown Dayton in 1911 to honor city founder Joel Palmer.[5] The actual site of the fort, which is in the Willamina vicinity, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1971." Even the caption to the picture clearly states the blockhouse is in Dayton. Further, the article talks about the fort site being undeveloped, but with "plans to reconstruct some of the fort buildings". Now, certainly, the park would be notable if it is on the NRHP and could have any article (and probably even the blockhouse too), but if people do not read the articles, then it doesn't really matter how many we have as to clearing up their confusion. To quote an old adage, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. I'll try to make it clearer in the article, but it is an encyclopedia entry and not a travel guide, so there is only so much we can do. Aboutmovies (talk) 03:14, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

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Oregon Native Son Aboutmovies (talk) 03:37, 1 July 2014 (UTC)