This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3BC.2ACE/1754.1 Message Board Post: Anne No there was no Spokane during the Civil War. The indians had just been defeated in this area, and a few settlers were in this area, but mostly there were indians, and missionaries trying to convert the indians. During the Civil War even the Army left the area and the commander George Wright, was put in charge of all the west coast defences. He built a row of forts along the Pacific in case of a Confederate invasion. Charles