Editing Fort Morgan, Colorado (section)

==History==
===Fort Morgan===
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Camp Wardwell was established in 1865 along the [[Overland Trail]] to protect emigrants and supplies going to and from Denver and the mining districts. The fort was renamed in 1866 by General John Pope for one of his staff, Colonel Christopher A. Morgan,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n128 129]}}</ref> who had died earlier that year. The fort closed in 1868 after being used by 19 different companies from 11 cavalry and infantry regiments (about 1,300 soldiers).
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===Town===
The town of Fort Morgan was platted just south of the old military fort's ruins on May 1, 1884, by Abner S. Baker, a member of [[Union Colony of Colorado|Greeley's Union Colony]]. The town became the county seat of the newly formed Morgan County on February 19, 1889.<ref>Jennifer Patten, [https://www.createspace.com/3629033 In View of the Mountains: A History of Fort Morgan, Colorado] (Aged Page, 2011).</ref>

In [[World War II]], a military school at the [[Fort Morgan State Armory]] was part of the [[West Coast Air Corps Training Center]].<ref name=Futrell>{{Cite report |last=Futrell |first=Robert F.  |publisher=Air Historical Office | date=July 1947 |title=Development of AAF Base Facilities in the United States: 1939-1945 |volume=ARS-69: US Air Force Historical Study No 69 (Copy No. 2) |page=108 (pdf 117) |quote=The [[West Coast Air Corps Training Center|West Coast Training Center]]…during 1942 it had obtained jurisdiction over other contract schools at…Fort Morgan, Colo.}}</ref>
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