The fort was built in the middle of the Yakima Valley and the Yakama Tribe's traditional fishing areas. This prime location allowed soldiers of the new commander to keep an eye out for visitors to the tribe and basically keep an eye on the tribe. The relations of the White soldiers and tribes can serve as a dark time in US government relations. Fort Simcoe can be labeled as a program of an act of cultural genocide. Fort Simcoe is viewed this way because the U.S. government decided to merge 14 different tribes and to teach them American culture. The tribes were to learn famous Americans and given Christian/American names. In 1922, the U.S. government decided to move the Indian agency from Fort Simcoe to Toppenish which triggered extreme emotions of past feelings of relocations for generations of the original tribes. The location of the fort also provided easy trading routes established by waterway or railroad. Seeing that the fort is United States government property, a certain architect designed and constructed the fort, Louis Scholl. Fort Simcoe is similar to the design of Fort Dalles where there are blockhouses at each corners but no stockade allowing barracks to define the fortification. James Harvey Wilbur and Captain Frederick Dent took of the challenge of creating a road passage to Fort Simcoe. They said, "the fort's location also fits perfectly with the army strategic goal to carve out a road system that connected California with Washington Territory". This quote demonstrates the determination to get to Fort Simcoe and how naturally it can be easy to get there but it is all based around strategic movements by the government.