Fort Baker

View from the southeast of the horseshoe cove ( horseshoe bay ) of Fort Baker (2009)

Fort Baker is a former army post on the north side of the Golden Gate near San Francisco .

Origin of name

Fort Baker was named after former US Senator Edward Dickenson Baker from Oregon . Baker died as a regimental leader of the Union during the Civil War .

history

Before the arrival of the Europeans, a tribe of the Miwok settled in what is now Fort Baker , which at that time largely consisted of wetlands . History began in 1775 with the arrival of the San Carlos in San Francisco Bay under the command of Juan Manuel de Ayalas . With the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848, property sales began. The area was then part of Rancho Sausolito . 1866 acquired Government of the United States the area and began building the later fort, whose establishment was officially ended 1890th In 1910 there were eleven officers' quarters in colonial style , barracks and other buildings for the stationed troops on Fort Baker . Pepper bushes , elms and eucalyptus were planted as dust and wind catchers . In the years from 1930 the fort served mainly as a mine depot . During the Cold War , the fort's buildings were used for exercises by reservists' troops and as the headquarters of the air defense system , which was responsible for defending the Bay Area . With the end of the Cold War in the 1970s, the troop strength was continuously reduced. In 2000 the last members of the army left the fort.

Usage today

Since then, the area of ​​this former military post has been part of the post to park program, whose parks are part of the Golden Gate National Parks with offers for tourists, such as guided tours, music events and opportunities for hiking and fishing.

There is also a luxury resort with a Michelin- awarded restaurant and a cooking school that uses products from surrounding eco-farms.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hilke Segbers: San Francisco - a Mecca for "green tourism". In: Welt Online. September 9, 2009, accessed April 3, 2010 . 

Web links

• National Park Service
  • Official short brochure (1.36 MB; accessed on April 3, 2010; PDF)
  • Texts with images (accessed on April 3, 2010)

Coordinates: 37 ° 50 ′ 9.1 ″  N , 122 ° 28 ′ 38.5 ″  W.