Oregon Geographic Names by L. McArthur: Fort Henrietta, Umatilla County. Fort Henrietta was built by a detachment of the First ORegon Mounted Rifles under the command of Major Mark A. Chinn in November, 1855, in the Yakima War. Chinn named the fortified post Fort Henrietta, in compliment to the wife of Major Granville O. Haller of the U nited States Army. The fort was a stockade one hundred feet square, built of large split timbers, with two bastians of round logs, and an outside stock corral enclosed with rails found on the ground. See Victor's EArly Indian Wars of Oregon, page 439. Forst Henrietta was near the west bank of the Umatilla River not far from the present [1942] site of the Catholic Church in the town of Echo. Statements that the fort was near Well Spring do not seem to be substantiated by the records. ----- Original Message ----- From: ken robinson <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 5:42 PM Subject: Ft. Henrietta and The Dalles > It's my recollection that I read on the 'net that Ft. Hen. was a little west of T.D. > It was apparently teensy and The Dalles won. > Ft. Henrietta - it even sounds a little woosy, doesn't it? No wonder it lost! > > Ken [email protected] no offense about not being PC > >