View of Fort Spokane in 1895
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Prior to the Spanish American War and the abandonment of Fort Spokane, this image was taken at the height of Fort Spokane's establishment as a frontier military outpost.
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…