Armistead renamed the post Fort Mojave.
At Drum Barracks until March, 1865, and at Fort Mojave until muster out.
The Kaibab, Fort Mojave and Hualapai Indian Reservations also lie within the county.
However, Fort Mojave was later reoccupied in 1863 by Union troops from California.
The cavalry from Fort Mojave responded, with the assistance of the Mohave, by attacking Hualapai rancherias and razing them.
Along it, in 1859, Fort Mojave was built to protect new pioneer immigrants to California and other travelers from the Mohave.
Even if he'd gotten clear of the train and the Needles yards, there are too many soldiers and Indian trackers at Fort Mojave.
During most of the period of military occupation, the Fort Mojave were technically under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior.
Whatever supervision they had came from the commanders at Fort Mojave.
Fort Mojave has about 22 elders who speak some Mojave.