Archaeological Digs, c. 1985
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As part of an effort to connect to the history of Fort Spokane, archaeological digs were done in part to help recover artifacts from the site, and preserve the area for tourist visits.
Image courtesy of the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area,
under a Creative Commons License.
This file appears in: Welcome to Fort Spokane
Welcome to Fort Spokane
As Washington Territory began to grow and attract more settlers looking to make a better life, conflicts between settlers and Indian tribes escalated. Unlike the fixed settlements of pioneers, who viewed land as private property, tribal communities…