Battle of Spokane Plains Monument Pyramid - Airway Heights, WA
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N 47° 38.591 W 117° 38.880
11T E 451329 N 5276846
Granite Monument erected in 1935 by Spokane County Pioneer Society, Medical Lake Commercial Club and Four Lakes Grange.
Waymark Code: WM5ZKX
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 03/07/2009
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The Battle of Spokane Plains. Also refered to as The Battle of Four Lakes, due to the location being near an area know as Four Lakes.
"THE BATTLE
OF SPOKANE PLAINS
WAS FOUGHT NEAR THIS SPOT ON
SEPTEMBER 5, 1858
IN WHICH U.S. TROOPS UNDER COMMAND OF
COL. GEORGE WRIGHT
DEFEATED THE ALLIED - COEUR D'ALENE
PALOUSE AND SPOKANE INDIANS."
"ERECTED BY - WASHINGTON STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY"
Location of Pyramid: Off of HWY 2 about 500' West of the entrance to Fairchild AFB
Approximate Date of Construction: 1935
Website: [Web Link]
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