Historic California
Posts, Camps, Stations and Airfields
Camp Cajon
(Camp at Martin's
Ranch)
The vicinity of Camp Cajon (1847 and 1857-58)
was 15 miles from Cajon Pass on the Devore cutoff, a mile and
a half west of Interstate 15, San Bernardino County. Company
C of the Mormon Battalion was posted to guard Cajon Pass in April
1847. For more information concerning posts in the San Bernardino
area, CLICK HERE
Camp Cajon
by Justin Ruhge
Company C of the Mormon Battalion was
posted to guard Cajon Pass in April 1847. In December 1857 and
January 1859 the Army used the same location. The camp was near
present-day Devore, possibly on the Martin Ranch.