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Date
Visited:
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Saturday, May
28, 2005 |
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City
Visited #:
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459 |
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County:
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Whitman |
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Visited
With:
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Michelle &
Tacoma Jenn |
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City Name
History:
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Town,
creek, rapids in the Snake River, and a butte [formerly Pyramid Peak]
honor Lt. Col. Edward J. Steptoe, who campaigned against marauding
Native-Americans in the Walla Walla Valley in 1857. On May 17,
Steptoe and 150 soldiers equipped with two howitzers were defeated by
1,000 Palouse Tribe members in the Battle of Te-Hots-Nim-Me, marked by
Steptoe Memorial Park at Rosalia. |
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