Fort Mojave area

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geographic area historic region

The Fort Mojave area is a historic region along the lower Colorado River in the Mojave Desert, known for its 19th-century U.S. Army fort and its significance in Native American and frontier history.

Aliases (1)

Fort Mojave ×2

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographic area → historic region →
associatedWith	Fort Mojave Indian Tribe → Mojave people →
borderRegionOf	Arizona → California → Nevada →
climate	arid desert climate →
country	United States →
ecosystem	Mojave Desert ecosystem →
hasCulturalSignificanceFor	Fort Mojave Indian Tribe of Arizona, California & Nevada → Mojave people →
hasPart	Fort Mojave →
historicalSignificance	Native American history → U.S. westward expansion → frontier military history →
locatedIn	Arizona → California → Mojave Desert → Nevada → Southwestern United States →
locatedOn	lower Colorado River →
militaryFunction	control of strategic river crossing points → protection of settlers and river traffic →
namedAfter	Fort Mojave →
near	Bullhead City, Arizona → Laughlin, Nevada → Needles, California →
partOf	Colorado River Valley → Lower Colorado River region → traditional homelands of the Mojave people →
relatedTo	Indian Wars in the American Southwest → U.S. Army frontier forts →
timePeriodOfProminence	19th century →
transportHistory	route corridor along the lower Colorado River →
traversedBy	Colorado River →
usedFor	military operations in the 19th century → protection of travel routes along the Colorado River →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fort Mojave area ("Fort Mojave") →	hasPart
Fort Mojave area ("Fort Mojave") →	namedAfter
Mojave Road historic route →	passesNear