Walla Walla (/ˌwɒlə/), Walawalałáma ("People of Walula region along Walla Walla River"), sometimes Walúulapam, are a Sahaptin Indigenous people of the...
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The Walla Walla expeditions were organized during the mid-nineteenth century to enrich the Sahaptian peoples of the Columbian Plateau with cattle purchased...
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Walla Walla's history starts in 1806 when the Lewis and Clark expedition encountered the Walawalałáma (Walla Walla people) near the mouth of Walla Walla...
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The Walla Walla River flows southwest of the city of Walla Walla in the Walla Walla valley. Mill Creek, which flows through the city of Walla Walla, joins...
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Whitman massacre (redirect from Walla Walla Massacre)
Mission at the junction of the Walla Walla River and Mill Creek in what is now southeastern Washington near Walla Walla. The massacre became a decisive...
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Hedding. Late in 1844, Yellow Bird organised the first Walla Walla expedition, with around 40 Walla Walla, Nez Perce and Cayuse men in addition to their families...
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The Walla Walla Sweets is an amateur baseball team located in Walla Walla, Washington. They play in the West Coast League, a collegiate summer baseball...
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mouth of the Walla Walla River, where they had stopped to camp, the Lewis and Clark expedition first encountered the Walawalałáma (Walla Walla people) in...
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Fort Nez Percés (redirect from Old Fort Walla Walla)
Percé, with or without the acute accent), later known as (Old) Fort Walla Walla, was a fortified fur trading post on the Columbia River on the territory...
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The Fort Walla Walla–Fort Colville Military Road was built in June 1859 to connect the Walla Walla area with its fairly easy access to the Columbia River...
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Wallula, Washington (category Census-designated places in Walla Walla County, Washington)
place (CDP) in Walla Walla County, Washington, United States. The population was 179 at the 2010 census. The Lewis and Clark Expedition reached this area...
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the United States along with the Yakama. It was negotiated at the 1855 Walla Walla Council. A variant spelling is Palus. Today they are enrolled in the...
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Waitsburg, Washington (category Cities in Walla Walla County, Washington)
Waitsburg is a city in Walla Walla County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,166 at the 2020 census. Waitsburg has a unique city classification...
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his wife, Eliza, and William Gray, founded a mission near present-day Walla Walla, Washington in an effort to convert local Indians to Christianity. In...
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Wallula Gap (category Landforms of Walla Walla County, Washington)
anticlines in the Columbia River Basin, just south of the confluence of the Walla Walla and Columbia rivers. The National Park Service has recognized the gap...
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2009. Retrieved May 11, 2015. "It's a Sweet time for Walla Walla's new baseball team". Walla Walla Union-Bulletin. November 13, 2009. Archived from the...
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related, but separate ethnic groups): Walla Walla Band These were the Walla Walla people which lived along the Walla Walla River and along the confluence of...
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encountered the Lewis and Clark Expedition at the confluence of the Yakima River and Columbia River. As a consequence of the Walla Walla Council and the Yakima...
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John Mullan (road builder) (category People from Walla Walla, Washington)
of the military expedition. Mullan then left the boy, whom he named John in honor of an uncle, with his brother at Mullan's Walla Walla farm. This boy...
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1871. Others were planted in the Kennewick area in 1895, and in the Walla Walla area by 1899. Planting of premium Vinifera grapes began in the Columbia...
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beginning in May 1864. The road eventually stretched all the way from Fort Walla Walla, Washington Territory, near the Columbia River to the navigational head...
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the Klickitat, Kittitas, Yakama, Wanapum, Palus, Lower Snake, Skinpah, Walla Walla, Umatilla, Tenino, and Nez Perce. According to early written accounts...
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Reservation was created in 1855 after the Walla Walla Council treaty and many of the Umatilla, Cayuse and Walla Walla tribes relocated there, with the vast...
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Touchet River (category Rivers of Walla Walla County, Washington)
The Touchet River /ˈtuːʃi/ is a 65-mile (105 km) tributary of the Walla Walla River in southeastern Washington in the United States. The Touchet River...
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Blue Mountains to the Snake River. 1826–27: From Walla Walla, in present-day Washington, an expedition explored the Deschutes River, following it to Klamath...
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Henry H. Spalding (category History of Walla Walla County, Washington)
(near Caldwell, Idaho) on August 19. Eleven days later they were at Fort Walla Walla, then operated by the Canada-based Hudson's Bay Company. After a trip...
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Walla Walla April 20 and sent on another Expedition against Snake Indians in Idaho from May 4 to October 26, 1863. Expedition from Fort Walla Walla to...
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also viewed negatively. In the mid-1840s Garry joined the first Walla Walla expedition. While there, the party found themselves short of trading goods...
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expedition to the area to show the strength of the U.S. Army to convince the Indians to turn in those who were responsible. He left Fort Walla Walla in...
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cities of Lewiston, Idaho and Walla Walla, Washington by passing over this summit. In May 1806 the Lewis and Clark Expedition passed over the Alpowa Summit...
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