Fort Morgan

History

Camp Wardwell was established in 1865 along the Overland Trail to protect emigrants and supplies going to and from Denver and the mining districts. The fort was renamed in 1866 by General John Pope for one of his staff, Colonel Christopher A. Morgan, who had died earlier that year. The fort closed in 1868 after being used by 19 different companies from 11 cavalry and infantry regiments (about 1,300 soldiers). The town of Fort Morgan was platted just south of the old military fort's ruins on May 1, 1884, by Abner S. Baker, a member of Greeley's Union Colony. The town became the county seat of the newly formed Morgan County on February 19, 1889. In World War II, a military school at the Fort Morgan State Armory was part of the West Coast Air Corps Training Center.

Geography

At the 2020 United States census, the town had a total area of including of water. |source 2 = National Weather Service }}

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  1,135
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  1,053
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  928
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  921
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  820
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  736
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  725
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  660

Most recent

• M 2.9 — 2019-03-30
  7 km NE of Greeley, Colorado
• M 3 — 2016-11-06
  8 km ENE of Greeley, Colorado
• M 2.7 — 2016-11-06
  8 km ENE of Greeley, Colorado
• M 2.6 — 2016-08-23
  2 km SSE of Eaton, Colorado
• M 2.5 — 2014-06-23
  6 km NNE of Kersey, Colorado
• M 3.2 — 2014-06-01
  9 km NNW of Kersey, Colorado