The Battle of Spokane Plains

<center>was fought near this spot on<br> <b>September 5, 1858</b><br> in which U.S. troops under command of<br> <b>Col. George Wright</b><br> defeated the allied &#8212; <b>Coeur d'Alene<br> Palouse</b>, and <b>Spokane Indians</b></center>