Historic

Fort Pearce

Washington County, UT

Approximate location — plotted from published sources, not a site visit, and not a guarantee of access.

Stone walls of a small Utah Territorial fort stand on a bluff above Fort Pearce Wash in Warner Valley east of St. George. The post went up during the Black Hawk War of the mid-1860s and guarded a desert route used by settlers and raiders. The Bureau of Land Management maintains an interpreted public-use site listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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RegionWashington County, UT
Coordinates (approx.)37.0078, -113.4122
ARPACultural sites and artifacts are protected by federal law (ARPA/NHPA) — stay on established routes, touch and remove nothing, and follow the managing agency's and the affiliated tribe's guidance on access.

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