Camp Dunlap

Camp Dunlap was a United States Marine Corps base in Imperial County, California.[1] The camp was named for Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlap.[2] It was used to train artillery and anti-aircraft units of the Fleet Marine Force.[3] The base was located at the present-day location of Slab City.

Camp Dunlap
Imperial County, California
Near Niland in United States
A former "slab" checkpoint of the abandoned military grounds, now apart of Slab City
Camp Dunlap
Coordinates33°15′29.6″N 115°27′53.8″W
Area11,342 acres (4,590 ha)
Site information
Owner United States Navy
Operator U.S. Marine Corps
Controlled byFleet Marine Force
ConditionAbandoned
Site history
Built1942 (1942)
FateDisbanded in 1961

Camp Dunlap was activated on October 15th, 1942, acting as a training facility during World War II. On August 29th, 1951, the California State Lands Commission approved the sale of the 11,342 acres (4,590 ha) to the Navy at US$1.20 per acre, with the state retaining the mineral rights, and with the understanding that the land would revert to state ownership once the Navy had abandoned it.[4] In October 1961, the United States Department of Defense conveyed the land on which Camp Dunlap was situated back to the State of California.[5]

References
  1. Hailey, Charlie (2008). Campsite: Architectures of Duration and Place. Louisiana State University Press, p. 181.
  2. Id. (see p. 182)
  3. Id.
  4. Associated Press, “Army, Navy Get Desert Tracts”, ‘’The San Bernardino Daily Sun’’, San Bernardino, California, Thursday 30 August 1951, Volume LVII, Number 312, p. 2.
  5. Id. (p. 181)
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