| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 39.1

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| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 39.1 | The History Cooperative

*A Time for Peace: Fort Lewis, Colorado, 1878–1891*. By Duane A. Smith. (Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2006. xii + 212 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, bibliographic essay, index. $34.95.)
Historian Duane A. Smith knows a thing or two about Fort Lewis. He ought to ... he began teaching history at Fort Lewis College, located in Durango, Colorado, near the site of the long abandoned military post, in 1964.	1
Established to reduce tensions between Ute people and miners moving into the country, the medium-sized post had a relatively short lifespan. On closing, the post became an industrial school for American Indians, which led, over time, to the present-day college.	2
In this book, Smith helps even the most casual reader come to understand the day to day work on a typical frontier fort, and by extension, the daily life of the soldier of the Frontier Army. Smith has largely abandoned the approach that focuses exclusively on combat, troop movements, and famous military leaders in the path followed by the authors of hundreds of books on the Civil War. This well written book also includes maps to help place the fort in a regional context and photographs that help breathe life back into the story of the old fort.	. . .

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