Walla Walla

Walla Walla
/wol"euh wol"euh/
a city in SE Washington. 25,618.

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      city, seat (1859) of Walla Walla county, southeastern Washington, U.S. It lies along the Walla Walla River, near the Oregon state line. The American pioneer Marcus Whitman (Whitman, Marcus) established a medical mission in the locality in 1836 and worked with the cayuse Indians until he was massacred with his group in 1847 (marked by the Whitman Mission National Historic Site [1940]). A military post, Fort Walla Walla, was established on the site of the present-day city in 1856, and a settlement grew up around it. This settlement was first named Steptoeville (after Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. Steptoe, who led a command in the 1850s Indian wars) but was incorporated as Walla Walla (reportedly a Nez Percé word meaning “small rapid rivers”). The Idaho gold rush of 1861 brought an influx of pioneers who turned to ranching and agriculture. In 1875 the Walla Walla and Columbia River Railroad was completed.

      The city eventually became the centre of an extensive wheat- and truck-farming area and developed food-processing and lumber industries, with port facilities for Columbia River barges. Several wineries are located near Walla Walla. The city is a district headquarters for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (responsible for the Columbia-Snake river development projects). Whitman College (founded 1859 as Whitman Seminary), Walla Walla College (1892; Seventh-day Adventist), and Walla Walla Community College (1967) serve the city, which is also the site of Washington State Penitentiary. Inc. 1862. Pop. (1990) 26,478; (2000) 29,686.

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