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History · Fort Bragg

Fort Bragg’s history is
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The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Fort Bragg. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

4old images & papers
2historic places
6recent photos
From Fort Bragg’s archive · credits on each photo

The story

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The area known as Fort Bragg was home to Native Americans since before Western expansion, most of whom belong to the Pomo tribe. They historically were hunter-gatherers who lived along the northern coast of California.

In 1855, an exploration party from the Bureau of Indian Affairs visited the area looking for a site on which to establish a reservation; in the spring of 1856, the Mendocino Indian Reservation was established at Noyo. It was 25,000 acres (100 km2) in size, and its boundary extended north from what became Simpson Lane to Abalobadiah Creek and east from the Pacific Ocean to Bald Hill.

1855–18671867–18921893–1916Since 1916

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Timeline

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1910s4 items · PanoramaLOC
1920–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fort Bragg’s history is told.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPanorama, 1911: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people from Fort Bragg

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Jim RossJim RossSportsZSZack StentzFilm, TV & StageJCJames CahillWriting & ArtsGregory E. PyleGregory E. PylePolitics & LawRURobert L. UsingerNotableBob CeleriBob CeleriSports
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Fort Bragg, decade by decade

1910s4 items
PanoramaLOCPanorama1911Birdseye view of Fort Bragg, CalLOCBirdseye view of Fort Bragg, Cal1911Union Lumber CoLOCUnion Lumber Co1911View of Union Lumber CoLOCView of Union Lumber Co1911
1920s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today6 photos
Scenic views along Route 1 near the Pacific Ocean in Northern California [Seaside Beach]LOCScenic views along Route 1 near the Pacific Ocean in Northe…2012Scenic views along Route 1 near the Pacific Ocean in Northern California [Seaside Beach]LOCScenic views along Route 1 near the Pacific Ocean in Northe…2012Scenic views along Route 1 near the Pacific Ocean in Northern California [Ten Mile River Bridge]LOCScenic views along Route 1 near the Pacific Ocean in Northe…2012Scenic views along Route 1 near the Pacific Ocean in Northern CaliforniaLOCScenic views along Route 1 near the Pacific Ocean in Northe…2012Scenic views along Route 1 near the Pacific Ocean in Northern CaliforniaLOCScenic views along Route 1 near the Pacific Ocean in Northe…2012Pacific Ocean views in Northern California [Seaside Beach]LOCPacific Ocean views in Northern California [Seaside Beach]2012
National Register of Historic Places

2 historic places in Fort Bragg

2 places in Fort Bragg are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

#185
In Californiaby listings · most towns there have none
2places listed2 buildings
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
3historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1976first listedWeller House · newest: Olinsky Building, 1995

Where they are

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Weller HouseOlinsky Building
Buildings

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
Listed 1976Weller HouseBuildingArchitectureListed 1995Olinsky BuildingBuildingTransportation
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

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