Fort Spokane

 place with historical importance, fortification, draw only border

www.nps.gov/laro/historyculture/fort-spokane.htm

Fort Spokane is one of the cultural jewels of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. For thousands of years, the area was a gathering place for native tribes fishing the rapids of the Spokane River. In 1880, the U.S. Army established a fort above the confluence of the Spokane and Columbia Rivers. In 1898, the military fort was closed. The buildings were then used as an Indian boarding school and tuberculosis hospital. In many ways, the Indian experience at Fort Spokane is a microcosm of the Indian experience across the United States.
This post saw little combat. First called Camp Spokane in 1880, it was designated a fort two years later when six companies of Infantry and Cavalry were garrisoned here. Their duties were to keep the peace between Whites and Indians and guard the Canadian border, but they performed little more than occasional police activity. The fort was used as an Indian school from 1899 until 1929. Five original structures remain. The grounds are open year round. The Visitor Center and Museum are open in the summer and by request during the fall, winter and spring.
Fort Spokane Visitor Center (509) 725-2715 extention 43