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    The Battle of Walla Walla was the longest battle fought during the Yakima War. The battle began on December 7, 1855, and ended on December 11, 1855. The...
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    Walla Walla (/ˌwɑːlə ˈwɑːlə/ WAH-lə WAH-lə) is a city in and the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, United States. It had a population of...
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    spelled Peo-peo-mox-mox or Peopeomoxmox; c. 1800 – 1855) was head chief of the Walla Walla tribe and son to the preceding chief Tumatapum. His name meant Yellow...
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    Fort Walla Walla is a United States Army fort located in Walla Walla, Washington. The first Fort Walla Walla was established July 1856, by Lieutenant...
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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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    Oregon militia mounted an attack resulting in the Battle of Walla Walla and the murder of Walla Walla chief Peopeomoxmox. Rumors that Lieutenant John Mullan...
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    The Battle of Chillianwala (also spelled Chillianwallah) was fought in January 1849 during the Second Anglo-Sikh war in the Chillianwala region (Mandi...
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  • the Walla Walla Valley after completing studies at the Battle Creek Sanitarium located in Michigan. They opened treatment rooms in the basement of the...
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  • The history of Walla Walla, Washington begins with the settling of Oregon Country, Fort Nez Percés, the Whitman Mission and Walla Walla County, Washington...
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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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    C (16 February 2011). "turmoil in the Walla Walla valley". Retrieved 24 February 2021. "Battle of Walla Walla". 16 January 2016. Retrieved 24 February...
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    accent), later known as (Old) Fort Walla Walla, was a fortified fur trading post on the Columbia River on the territory of modern-day Wallula, Washington...
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    Frenchtown, Washington (category Walla Walla County, Washington)
    Lyman, W.D. Lyman's History of Old Walla Walla County. S.J. Clarke. Chicago 1918 "Oregon volunteers battle the Walla Wallas and other tribes beginning...
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    Adam West (category People from Walla Walla, Washington)
    Adam West was born William West Anderson on September 19, 1928, in Walla Walla, Washington. His father, Otto Anderson (1903–1984) was a farmer descending...
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    As the Californios retreated, the Americans did not give chase. The Walla Walla and Lenape detachment, fighting with the Americans, fought aggressively...
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    Whitman Mission National Historic Site (category History of Walla Walla County, Washington)
    United States National Historic Site located just west of Walla Walla, Washington, at the site of the former Whitman Mission at Waiilatpu. On November 29...
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    Lowden, Washington (category Unincorporated communities in Walla Walla County, Washington)
    town. The Battle of Walla Walla, also known as the "Battle of Frenchtown" (December 7–10, 1855), the longest Indian battle in the history of Washington...
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    Coeur d'Alene War (category Native American history of Washington (state))
    of only a fraction of their former lands, where they were quickly struck by disease and malnutrition as a result. "Oregon volunteers battle the Walla...
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    are as follows. A business route in Walla Walla, Washington, was signed in December 1973 along the former alignment of US 12 two months after the main highway...
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    ethnic groups): Walla Walla Band These were the Walla Walla people which lived along the Walla Walla River and along the confluence of the Snake and Columbia...
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    Palouse people (category Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau)
    tribe recognized in the Treaty of 1855 with the United States along with the Yakama. It was negotiated at the 1855 Walla Walla Council. A variant spelling...
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  • Williams - Walla Walla Padres, 1982 Russell Wilson – Tri-City Dust Devils, 2010 Mike Zunino – Everett AquaSox, 2012 Northwest League Manager of the Year...
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    county seat and largest city is Dayton. The county was created out of Walla Walla County on November 11, 1875, and is named after the Columbia River (which...
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    pp. 125-126 Payne, James and Schultz, Laura, 2011, An Illustrated History of Fort Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, Fort Walla Walla Museum, p. 19...
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  • Whitman College is a private liberal arts college in Walla Walla, Washington. Following are some of its notable alumni. "Honorary Degrees". Whitman College...
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    intention of the North West Company to build a fort there. Subsequently, Fort Nez Perces trading post, was established near present-day Walla Walla, Washington...
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    lack of a military escort afforded him during his dangerous passage through Walla Walla and went on to denounce Wool for "the criminal neglect of my safety...
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    This forced removal was in violation of the 1855 Treaty of Walla Walla, which granted the tribe 7.5 million acres of their ancestral lands and the right...
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    Wallula Gap (category Landforms of Walla Walla County, Washington)
    basalt anticlines in the Columbia River Basin, just south of the confluence of the Walla Walla and Columbia rivers. The National Park Service has recognized...
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    Jonathan M. Wainwright (general) (category People from Walla Walla, Washington)
    Wainwright, nicknamed "Skinny" and "Jim", was born at Fort Walla Walla, a former Army post near Walla Walla, Washington. His father was a U.S. Army officer who...
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