McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 059

Title: McCarthy Album 03, Photograph 059
Description: Caption: " Block House, Fort Casey. Used in Early Days as Protection Against the Indians." Washington, c. 1909. View of a blockhouse, a timber structure built by European settlers to guard against attack during the Indian Wars of 1855-1857.
Contributor: Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
Coverage: Fort Casey, Washington
Date: 1909
Format: JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier: 96-07-08-alb03-059
Language: English
Publisher: California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Source: Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject: Block House, Fort Casey, Washington
Type: Still Image