Started out on my walk tonight determined to walk to the entrance of Fort Mac and back to my apartment, and I did! 1.5 miles felt great!
A little bit of history...
This area was the center of the early shipping activity in the harbor. In 1796, Father Lasuen built an adobe shelter here, where the present post engineers building now stands. During the Mexican-American War (1845-47), Commodore Robert Stockton used the area for storage of ordnance and supplies for his march on Los Angeles. Later the site of a customs warehouse until 1880, it was commissioned as a military reservation in 1888, in order to protect the port and to halt encroachments by railroads and local government, and developed for military purposes shortly before World War I. It is named in honor of Lt. Gen. Arthur MacArthur, father of Douglas MacArthur, who later commanded American forces in the Pacific during World war II.
At present, Fort MacArthur serves as a residential community for personnel of the Air Force Space Division Based at El Segundo. Not open to the public.
@cndglnn Thanks for the information, Cindy. My first assignment after basic training, Military Police and Patrol Dog Handler at Lackland AFB, Texans, next at Cheyenne AFB, Wyoming, Clark AB, Philippines, Nellis AFB, Nevada, Osan AB, Korea, Clark AB, Philippines, George AFB, Victorville, CA, Suwon AB, Korea and my last assignment was at Castle AFB, CA. Good to know about accommodations for retired. I might use it when I am visiting family in the area.
