Fort Sherman (Idaho)

Fort Sherman (1878–1900) was a military post in the northwest United States, located in northern Idaho at Coeur d'Alene.^[1] General William T. Sherman (1820–91) of the U.S. Army had recommended the site after an inspection tour in 1877.

Fort Sherman Buildings
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Historic gate on College Drive in 2018
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Location	Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, U.S.
Coordinates	47.678°N 116.798°W / 47.678; -116.798
Built	1878; 147 years ago (1878)
NRHP reference No.	79000794
Added to NRHP	October 25, 1979

Fort Sherman in 1891

4th Infantry division at Fort Sherman, 1898

On the north shore of Lake Coeur d'Alene and the east bank of the outflowing Spokane River, it began as a camp the next year, became Fort Coeur d'Alene in 1879, and the adjacent city grew.^[2][3] Sherman later visited the fort;^[4] it was named for him in 1887,^[5] three years after his retirement.^[6]

The fort became unoccupied during the Spanish–American War (1898) and was abandoned shortly after.^[7] The site is now the campus of North Idaho College.^[5][8][9]

A succeeding Fort Sherman was located in the Panama Canal Zone, operated by the U.S. Army from 1911 to 1999.

See also

• Fort Colville
• Fort Spokane