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Date
Visited:
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Monday, May
12, 2003 |
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City
Visited #:
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343 |
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County:
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Walla Walla |
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Visited
With:
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Denny, David
& Randy |
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City Name
History:
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Mentioned
by Lewis and Clark in 1806 as Wollah Wollah and Wallow Wollahs, the name
was first applied to the valley and river, and subsequently to county,
fort, and city. The name comes from the Nez Perce word walatsa,
meaning "running water", with repetition loosely translating as
"many waters." In 1855, Isaac I. Stevens, who doubled as
territorial governor and superintendent of Native-American affairs, made a
peace treaty with the "Walla-Walla, Cayuses and Umatilla Tribes and
Bands of Indians" at the present townsite. Despite this, the
Indian War broke out, and Lt. Col. Edward J. Steptoe built a fort at the
treaty campsite around which the city developed. It was known first
as Walla-Walla, then Steptoeville, Wieletpu, and finally Walla Walla - the
name under which it was incorporated on January 11, 1862. |
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