Portrait of Captain J. Ford Kent

ID: 4733 ~ Source: Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, National Park Service ~ Date: c. 1885
This file appears in: A Soldier's Life at Fort Spokane
Photography courtesy of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, under a Creative Commons License.

Photograph of an Army officer posing for the camera. Like enlisted soldiers, officers paid the local photographer to have their picture taken in their best uniform.

This file appears in: A Soldier's Life at Fort Spokane

By Adrienne Sadlo
The officers and soldiers who served at Fort Spokane from its beginning in 1880 to its cessation in 1898 were the product of social contrasts that resembled the differences in the U.S. Army during the 1800's. Many of the officers came from…