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Fort Douglas (Images of America) Colorado Plateau Three of these studies appearOn October 26, 1862, Col. Edward P. Connor and the 3rd California Volunteers set up Camp Douglas for the purpose of protecting the overland mail and telegraph routes between Nevada and Wyoming. This began a long history of a U. S. military presence in the Salt Lake Valley Mormon community. Although the camp closed on October 26, 1991, the U. S. military still has a presence today on the east bench of Salt Lake City known as Fort Douglas. The base as