The history of Fort bragg go far back as 1855. When the pomo lived up and down the cost of Mendocino County. But now Fort Bragg was named after Captain Braxton Bragg that's how Fort Bragg got its name. To this day Fort Bragg thrives on fishing and tourism.
In 1855 a pomo exploration party was looking for a site to establish a reservation. In spring of 1856 the pomo established a revelation on the noyo in the year 1856. 1 Year later in the year 1857 First Lieutenant Horatio G. Gibson established a military post for his captain “Braxton Bragg” it was about ½ mile from the pomo reservation.
` In 1867 the military post and the reservation were abandoned. By 1869 lumber mills were being built and ranches were