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Fort Rosecrans
President Millard Fillmore's executive order of 1852
created a U.S. Preserve on Point Loma. From 1870 to 1873
the coast artillery corpsmen evicted whalers from the
site in order to begin the military installation. In 1899
it was named for William S. Rosecrans, Civil War general
and California congressman. Major fortifications were
constructed in 1891-1903 and 1941-1943. Transferred to
the U.S. Navy in 1957, it became a submarine support facility.
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