Fort Sherman Powder Magazine

Fort Sherman Powder Magazine. and Other Landmarks in American History. In the summer of 1877, while on an inspection tour, General William T. Sherman selected this site for a fort. Established and garrisoned in the spring of 1878, Camp Coeur d'Alene was built from the wilderness frontier and grew to include 52 buildings. In 1887, the name was changed to Fort Sherman in honor of its founder. The powder magazine, fort chapel, and officers quarters are the three remaining buildings, making them among the oldest surviving buidings in North Idaho. They were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. , Today the powder magazine stands as a witness to the history of the surrounding area, including the timber and mining industries, farming, railroads, tourism, and the establishment and growth of the city of Coeur d'Alene., Fort Missoula, Montana. This magazine was built of native stone in 1878 by the Seventh Infantry. The two-company military post was established to protect against Indian uprisings on the western frontier., Fort Atkison, Iowa. Built in 1842, this powder magazine had a guard posted to prevent soldiers from entering with their boots on. The commander feared a spark from their sole would ignite the stored black powder., In 1885, a fire destroyed the Fort Sherman Powder magazine. It was rebuilt with brick made on the fort grounds. Renovated in 2012, it now houses displays of the history of Fort Sherman, the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, and North Idaho College., This magazine at Fort Sidney, Nebraska was built in 1867. The fort protected the Union Pacific railroad survey and construction crews. The railway soon became the main route to the Blackhills gold fields., Fort Johnson, James Island, South Carolina. This powder magazine was erected in 1765 and used by the confederate forces during the Civil War. It is also the site of the first shots fired upon Fort Sumter in 1861., The powder magazine at Charleston, South Carolina is the states oldest public building. It was erected in 1713. The fort protected the colony at Charleston from the French, Spanish, Indians, and pirates., Fort Belknap, Texas powder magazine was built in 1851. The fort became the center of a network of roads; most notably, the Butterfield Overland mail route from St. Louis to San Francisco., Williamsburg, Virginia. This powder magazine built in 1716 stored military supplies given to the colony by Queene Anne. It serves as a landmark to the history of the American Revolution., Camp Parapet, Louisiana powder magazine is the only remaining structure in this Civil War fortification used by the Confederate Army., The Fort Atkinson, Nebraska powder magazine was erected in 1819. This fort was the first U.S. Army post established west of the Mississippi River.