Mule behind a barn at Fort Spokane, Wash., on Lake Roosevelt. (Terry J. Richard/The Oregonian/2003) This may comes as a surprise, maybe even a disappointment: Fort Spokane isn't in the city of Spokane ...

This may comes as a shock, but Fort Spokane is nowhere near the city of Spokane Instead, the old U.S. Army fort is downstream about 50 miles from Washington's second city, where the Spokane River ...

The Spokane Daily Chronicle proposed that the name of Fort George Wright be changed to Fort Spokane. This was not because of any objection to the reputation of General George Wright. In fact, the ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Fort George Wright Drive in Spokane is now one step closer to being Whistalks Way. The history of the new potential name dates back to the 1800s. Whis-talks was a Spokane Indian and ...

» From Spokane, take U.S. Highway 2 to Davenport (about 35 miles), then State Highway 25 for about 23 miles to Fort Spokane. For more information: » National Park Service, Lake Roosevelt National ...

DAVENPORT, Lincoln County — A hundred or so people, most wearing orange, sat in a field of dead grass. The Fort Spokane visitors, many members of the Spokane Tribe of Indians, were clumped in small ...