In 1880, the government built Fort Spokane at what is now Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area in Washington state. The fort was constructed to keep the peace between settlers and the Colville and Spokane Indian tribes and ultimately went through three phases before being abandoned and then coming under the management of the National Park Service: military base, Indian boarding school, tuberculosis hospital.
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Welcome to Fort Spokane, Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
![A road leading beyond a white entrance gate with blue lettering, and a field of grass on either side of the road. The red-painted wooden Quartermaster's Stable sits on the left side of the road beyond the gate at Fort Spokane in Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area.](https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/sites/default/files/styles/panopoly_image_full/public/photos/potw/laro_rebeccalatson-1320_welcome_to_fort_spokane_1024.jpg?itok=lai71eLc)
Rebecca Latson
Thursday, July 18, 2024
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