Edward Ord - Legacy

Legacy

• Well before his death, the Southern Pacific Railroad named a station in California, along its now-abandoned Colusa Branch, Ordbend as recognition of the nearby Ord Ranch, owned in the 1850s by Ord and two of his brothers.
• The former Fort Ord in Monterey County, California, was named for him.
• Ord, Nebraska, was named in his honor while he was serving as commander of the Department of the Platte.
• Peaks named Mount Ord in Brewster County, Texas and Apache County, Arizona are named for him.
• There is a bronze statue of Ord at Vicksburg National Military Park.
• There is a bust of Ord on display in the library of California State University, Monterey Bay, in Seaside, California.
• There is a statue of Ord at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
• There is a bust of Ord at Grant's Tomb in New York City depicting him as one of five (Sherman, Thomas, McPherson, Sheridan, and Ord) sentinels watching over the tomb of President Ulysses S. Grant.
• There is a street in Chinatown, Los Angeles, California that is named after him called Ord Street.