Fort Runyon which was a timber fort, built in 1861 appropriated from James Roach had soldiers digging trenches for it.
Timber fort 1861 The land for the fort was appropriated from James Roach, a building contractor in Washington who was the second-largest landowner in the county, behind only the Lee family. Soldiers tore up land, dug trenches, and used gardens for latrines. 
