Qualla: Fort McDermit https://qualla.com/fort-mcdermit en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:03 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/r/k/q/fort-mcdermit-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Fort McDermit https://qualla.com/fort-mcdermit Fort McDermit: Introduction https://qualla.com/fort-mcdermit/ Photo credit John Stanton – CC-BY-SA (see permission; all content licensed under CC-BY-SA), CC BY-SA 3.0. Lieutenant Colonel Charles McDermit never saw the fort that would bear his name. On August 7, 1865, just one week before the post's establishment, he rode into an ambush along the Quinn River and died in the sagebrush-covered valley the Northern Paiute called wayadiaga - rye grass canyon. The volunteer cavalrymen who buried their commander named the remote outpost in his honor, planting the seeds of what would become Nevada's longest-serving Army installation.

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]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/r/k/q/fort-mcdermit-wp/9rkq-fort-mcdermit-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Fort McDermit: Guardian of the Stagecoach Line https://qualla.com/fort-mcdermit/ Photo credit John Stanton – CC-BY-SA (see permission; all content licensed under CC-BY-SA), CC BY-SA 3.0. The fort existed for a single purpose: keeping the stagecoach route open between Winnemucca, Nevada, and Silver City in Idaho Territory. In the early months of the Snake War, attacks on white settlements had grown so frequent that the Army established a cavalry detachment at Quin...

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]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/r/k/q/fort-mcdermit-wp/9rkq-fort-mcdermit-guardian-of-the-stagecoach-line.mp3 0:06 2 full Fort McDermit: Adobe Rising from the Desert https://qualla.com/fort-mcdermit/ Photo credit John Stanton – CC-BY-SA (see permission; all content licensed under CC-BY-SA), CC BY-SA 3.0. The men built their fort from the land itself. Adobe bricks, cut stone, and timber frames rose around a rectangular parade ground, forming a classic frontier post. Three officer quarters, a large barracks, a three-room hospital, and stables surrounded the central square, all unde...

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]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/r/k/q/fort-mcdermit-wp/9rkq-fort-mcdermit-adobe-rising-from-the-desert.mp3 0:06 3 full Fort McDermit: Wars Without End https://qualla.com/fort-mcdermit/ Photo credit John Stanton – CC-BY-SA (see permission; all content licensed under CC-BY-SA), CC BY-SA 3.0. For 24 years, Fort McDermit's troops rode out against the region's indigenous peoples. They fought in the Snake War that prompted the fort's creation, pursued Bannock and Shoshone bands across the sagebrush flats, and joined campaigns as distant as the Modoc War in the lava beds ...

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]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/r/k/q/fort-mcdermit-wp/9rkq-fort-mcdermit-wars-without-end.mp3 0:06 4 full Fort McDermit: From Military Post to Indian School https://qualla.com/fort-mcdermit/ Photo credit John Stanton – CC-BY-SA (see permission; all content licensed under CC-BY-SA), CC BY-SA 3.0. On July 24, 1889, the last soldiers lowered the flag and marched away. The Army transferred Fort McDermit to the Indian Service, which converted the buildings that had once housed their adversaries into a school for Paiute and Shoshone children. The transition carried a bitter ir...

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