ABOUT OUR CHAPTER
Fort Halleck Chapter was organized October 4, 2003 after the first organizing meeting held in September of 2002. Fort Halleck was the first chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution ever formed in Elko County with 16 organizing members.
Fort Halleck Chapter meets on the second Saturday of each month year round.
Fort Halleck Chapter is a proud sponsor of the Cui-ui Society National Society Children of the American Revolution organized in 2005 with 11 organizing members. Cui-ui was the second C.A.R. Society formed in Nevada - the first in more than 20 years. Fort Halleck now shares that sponsorship with Battle Born Chapter, NSDAR in Carson City, Nevada.
DarJan Kerr served as Chapter Regent from the
chapter’s organization in 2003
until 2008. Aubrie Marie Alverson Kerr was 
elected and installed as Chapter
Regent in 2008. At the time of her installation, Aubrie was a dual DAR/C.A.R.
member and a junior member of DAR. We believe she could be the youngest Chapter
Regent to serve in Nevada, and it is very amazing and unusual to have a dual
DAR/C.A.R. member serve as Chapter Regent. At left, Aubrie is pictured
paging on State Regent's Night at the 117th Continental Congress in July 2008.
In June 2008, Fort Halleck chapter honored DAR Project Patriot Volunteers. First Lady Dawn Gibbons was presented a certificate of appreciation for her support of the chapter and her recognition of the volunteers who have supported Project Patriot.
WHY WE CHOSE OUR NAME
Camp Halleck was established by Captain S.P.
Smith on July 26, 1867, to protect the California emigrants and construction
workers on the Central Pacific Railroad. The camp was
named for Major General Henry Wagner Halleck, who at that time was the
Commander of the Military Division of the Pacific. In May of 1868, Camp Halleck
became headquarters for the Nevada Military District when Fort Churchill in
western Nevada was abandoned.
On April 5, 1879, Camp Halleck was renamed Fort Halleck. The nine-square mile reservation was set aside on October 11, 1881. It was a two-company post consisting of approximately 20 buildings constructed of wood, adobe, and stone arranged around the sides of a rectangular parade ground. Troops from the fort took no part in local Indian troubles; however, they saw action in February of 1873 against the Modoc tribe in northern California; against the Nez Perce uprising in Idaho in 1877; against the Bannocks in Oregon in 1878; and against the Apaches in Arizona in 1883. Fort Halleck was closed on December 1, 1886.
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