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Roop's Fort
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
California Historical Landmark No. 76
Roop's Fort in 2013
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Location	N. Weatherlow St., Susanville, California
Coordinates	40°25′8″N 120°39′20″W / 40.41889°N 120.65556°W / 40.41889; -120.65556
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1854
Architectural style	Log Cabin
NRHP reference No.	74000516
CHISL No.	76
Added to NRHP	May 2, 1974

Roop's Fort, also known as Roop's Trading Post, Fort Defiance, and Roop House, is a historic building in Susanville, California. The building, which was built in 1854 by Isaac Roop, was the first building built by white settlers in Lassen County. The fort was originally a trading post for westbound migrants and was the first post west of Fort Hall in Idaho. The building also served as the capitol of the short-lived Nataqua Territory, a territory created in 1856 to avoid California tax collectors. The territory was incorporated into Roop County, Nevada, named for Isaac Roop, in 1861. California and Nevada entered into a border dispute known as the Sagebrush War over the Susanville area in 1863, and Roop's Fort served as a fort for the Nevadans during the skirmish. California won the war, and Roop's Fort became part of Lassen County in 1864.

It is a California Historical Landmark (#76), and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

See also

• California Historical Landmarks in Lassen County

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Roop's Fort". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
3. Amesbury, Robert H. (February 12, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Roop's Fort". National Park Service. Retrieved May 18, 2013.

External links

• Photos from the NRHP nomination
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. CA-1310, "Fort Defiance, Susanville vicinity, Lassen County, CA"

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