On a day of celebration and unity, tragedy in Spokane was narrowly averted.

This powder magazine once held the latest weapons of war, along with tons of gunpowder.

Soldiers of Fort Spokane acted as a buffer between the Indian reservations and white settlers

You are now standing in front of the foundation of what once was an officer's house. The officers and enlisted men of Fort Spokane were divided by a wide social gulf, as evident with the difference in…