Fort Holabird was located in the southeast corner of Baltimore and northwest of the suburban developments of Dundalk, Maryland, in surrounding Baltimore County, fronting on Holabird Avenue between Broening Highway and Dundalk Avenue. From 1941 until the end of World War II, the military installation grew to include approximately 350 acres and 286 buildings. After the Second World War, activities at Fort Holabird were curtailed and portions of the property were transferred from the Army. The largest land transfers occurred in the timeframe over three decades later following the Vietnam War, between 1977 and 1979, when 223 acres were transferred to the city of Baltimore. The city later developed the land in succeeding years into the Fort Holabird Industrial Park.[1]
Timeline
1918: Established as Camp Holabird on 96 acres of marsh near Colgate Creek.[2] Established as the U.S. Army's first motor transport training center and depot in southeastern Baltimore. It was named for Army Quartermaster General and West Point graduate Samuel B. Holabird (1826-1907).
1918: During World War I, Holabird supplied the American Expeditionary Forces in France with Detroit-made vehicles. Thousands of military personnel were trained there to drive and repair automobiles and trucks.
1918 or after: Became home to the Holabird Quartermaster Depot.
2 July 1919: U.S. Navy blimp C-8 explodes while landing at Camp Holabird, injuring about 80 adults and children who were watching. Windows in homes a mile away are broken by the blast.[3][4]
1920: by 1920 a center for the research and development of military vehicles was established at Holabird. Here the now-famous Jeep was tested and refined.
1940: Listed as Holabird Quartermaster Depot on the 1940 U.S. Census.
1942: Renamed as Holabird Ordnance Depot.
1943: Renamed as Holabird Signal Depot.
1947: Renamed as Camp Holabird.
1950: Renamed as Fort Holabird. The U.S. Army Intelligence School and Counter Intelligence Records Facility based here until transferred to Fort Huachuca, Arizona in 1972. It was also used as an Armed Forces Examining & Entrance Station (induction facility).
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Fort Holabird news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message Fort Holabird was a United States Army post in the city of Baltimore Maryland active from 1918 to 1973 Contents 1 History 2 Timeline 3 Notable people trained or stationed at Ft Holabird 4 Gallery 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditFort Holabird was located in the southeast corner of Baltimore and northwest of the suburban developments of Dundalk Maryland in surrounding Baltimore County fronting on Holabird Avenue between Broening Highway and Dundalk Avenue From 1941 until the end of World War II the military installation grew to include approximately 350 acres and 286 buildings After the Second World War activities at Fort Holabird were curtailed and portions of the property were transferred from the Army The largest land transfers occurred in the timeframe over three decades later following the Vietnam War between 1977 and 1979 when 223 acres were transferred to the city of Baltimore The city later developed the land in succeeding years into the Fort Holabird Industrial Park 1 Timeline Edit1918 Established as Camp Holabird on 96 acres of marsh near Colgate Creek 2 Established as the U S Army s first motor transport training center and depot in southeastern Baltimore It was named for Army Quartermaster General and West Point graduate Samuel B Holabird 1826 1907 1918 During World War I Holabird supplied the American Expeditionary Forces in France with Detroit made vehicles Thousands of military personnel were trained there to drive and repair automobiles and trucks 1918 or after Became home to the Holabird Quartermaster Depot 2 July 1919 U S Navy blimp C 8 explodes while landing at Camp Holabird injuring about 80 adults and children who were watching Windows in homes a mile away are broken by the blast 3 4 1920 by 1920 a center for the research and development of military vehicles was established at Holabird Here the now famous Jeep was tested and refined 1940 Listed as Holabird Quartermaster Depot on the 1940 U S Census 1942 Renamed as Holabird Ordnance Depot 1943 Renamed as Holabird Signal Depot 1947 Renamed as Camp Holabird 1950 Renamed as Fort Holabird The U S Army Intelligence School and Counter Intelligence Records Facility based here until transferred to Fort Huachuca Arizona in 1972 It was also used as an Armed Forces Examining amp Entrance Station induction facility Early 1970s Due to its proximity to Washington D C Ft Holabird was used to guard witnesses in major federal cases such as the Watergate hearings E Howard Hunt Charles Colson and John Dean were among the Watergate witnesses held there 5 6 1973 Closed area has been redeveloped into an industrial park 2001 Fire destroys remnants of former spy school 6 Notable people trained or stationed at Ft Holabird EditZine El Abidine Ben Ali former President of Tunisia Donald L Barlett author and investigative journalist Stephen Barnett law profession and legal scholar Stephen Breyer associate justice of the Supreme Court of United States 7 C D B Bryan author and journalist Boniface Campbell U S Army major general Roger Christie ordained minister in the Religion of Jesus Church Garrison B Coverdale U S Army major general Thomas J Dodd Jr U S Ambassador to Uruguay and Costa Rica Oliver W Dillard U S Army major general Mike Gravel U S senator from Alaska 1969 81 W E B Griffin novelist Chic Hecht U S senator from Nevada 1983 89 Dennis F Hightower former Deputy Secretary U S Department of Commerce Clint Hill Secret Service agent Patrick M Hughes former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Thomas Charles Huston author of the Huston Plan Eli Jacobs financier and attorney owner of the Baltimore Orioles from 1989 to 1993 Morton Kondracke political commentator and journalist Ann M McDonough first woman member of the U S Army Counter Intelligence Corps George J Mitchell U S senator from Maine 1980 95 Ben Moses filmmaker and documentarian Robert H Pepper U S Marines Corps lieutenant general McCandlish Phillips journalist and author J D Salinger author 8 Douglas L Turner former Washington Bureau Chief of The Buffalo News Humbert Roque Versace U S Army officer who received the Medal of Honor George J Walker U S Army brigadier general and former Deputy Commanding General of INSCOMGallery Edit Camp Holabird Baltimore Maryland sometime between 1918 and 1923 Holabird Ordnance Depot Baltimore Maryland circa May 1943 A sphinx guarded the entrance of HQ CIC at Fort Holabird in the 1950s See also EditCounterintelligence Corps Fort Howard Maryland interrogation training P O Box 1142 WWII military intelligence facility Karl Probst designer of the first jeep prototypes United States Army Counterintelligence United States Army Intelligence CenterReferences Edit Fort Holabird Dundalk Maryland Base Realignment and Closure Site BRAC 1 permanent dead link Gary Helton 2005 Images of America Dundalk p 73 Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2011 07 26 Retrieved 2011 08 26 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link New York Times index for the published news Google Boeken 1919 Retrieved 2012 01 06 Charles Colson Born Again Chosen Books a b 5 alarm fire that destroyed buildings at Fort Holabird is termed very suspicious The Baltimore Sun October 6 2001 Senate Judiciary Committee Initial Questionnaire Supreme Court PDF United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary Retrieved December 22 2020 J D Salinger A Life by Kenneth Slewenski 2011 Gary Helton 2005 Images of America Dundalk Arcadia Publishing ISBN 0 7385 4212 1 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Holabird Ordnance Depot Camp Holabird from On the Trail of Jeep History 1919 Letter from a man in Camp Holabird 1928 article The Holabird Quartermaster Depot The Army Intelligence Center is Established 1 September 1954 Congressional hearing on the relocation of The U S Army Intelligence School from Fort Holabird to Fort Huachuca May 10 1972 Coordinates 39 16 08 N 76 32 09 W 39 2689 N 76 5357 W 39 2689 76 5357 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fort Holabird amp oldid 1106465526, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
