It was briefly unoccupied in 1866 at the end of the Civil War, when the Volunteer regiments were disbanded and before sufficient Federal troops were available to garrison it. Reoccupied again that November it was only unoccupied again between July and November 1867. It was finally decommissioned on June 5, 1884, and turned over to the Indian Service.[5]
The Northern Idaho Indian Agency moved to the site in 1904 and several original structures remain.[6] A tuberculosissanatorium (and preventorium) was established at the fort site in 1907[7] and operated until 1944.[8] The village of Lapwai was incorporated in 1911,[2][9] with a model rural school.[10]
^ abWilson, Darol (January 30, 1971). "Lapwai became village -- 60 years ago today". Lewiston Morning Tribune. p. 6.
^(PDF). Idaho State Historical Society, Reference Series #63. May 1971. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
^Frazer, Robert W. (1975). Forts of the West: Military Forts and Presidios and Posts Commonly Called Forts West of the Mississippi River to 1898. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 45. ISBN9780806112503.
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