The federal U.S. Army Reserve is having a new training center built on the Utah Army National Guard’s Camp Williams. Army Reserve training personnel will be redeploying from their home on Fort Douglas, Utah, to Camp Williams.
Fort Douglas was one of many locations, during World War One, where German prisoners of war (PoW) were held. This photo purports to show German PoWs building model ships.
Fort Douglas was established during The War Between the States, in 1862.
In the 1960s, the Army deployed a mobile recruiting post out of Fort Douglas. The photo was made by J. Hargreaves in Murray, Utah, 12OCT1965.
The Civil War era base was officially shutdown in 1991, at least for active duty (Regular Army) use as the federal Army Reserve continued to conduct their training on the now historic site.
The project would not be possible without direct help from the University of Utah and the people of Utah: According to the Army Reserve’s 358th Public Affairs Detachment, the taxpayers of Utah will spend “…$17 million to purchase the land and an additional $100 million to build the new Army Reserve Center and a maintenance facility.”
Construction is being done by a contractor (Jacobsen Construction) who builds/renovates temples for the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS). Video report via Specialist Ronald D. Bell, 06MAR2025:
The Army Reserve expects to move onto Camp Williams by Spring 2026.
Soldiers on Fort Douglas taking a University of Utah carpentry course in 1917, during World War One.
The University of Utah has a long history of cooperation with Fort Douglas and will takeover the remaining 50 acres of the historic site.
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