Highway 3 and the Potlatch River northeast to Juliaetta and Kendrick. and Juliaetta to northeast River Potlatch the and 3 Highway of Highway 12 and Highway 3 just after crossing the Clearwater River. Turn right, following right, Turn River. Clearwater the crossing after just 3 Highway and 12 Highway of Highway 270 into Moscow. An alternative route for travelers on Highway 12 is at the junction the at is 12 Highway on travelers for route alternative An Moscow. into 270 Highway Highway 95 up the hill. From Spokane, drive south on Highway 195 to Pullman, then follow then Pullman, to 195 Highway on south drive Spokane, From hill. the up 95 Highway Moscow, county seat and home of the University of Idaho. From Lewiston, drive north on north drive Lewiston, From Idaho. of University the of home and seat county Moscow, A tour through the farmlands, canyons, forests, and rural towns of Latah County with a stop in stop a with County Latah of towns rural and forests, canyons, farmlands, the through tour A 1912 building in building of Commerce of Tobin place near Genesee near place Tobin The Pullman Chamber Pullman The Combine harvesting on the on harvesting Combine or www.experiencewashington.com or For additional information on Washington, call 1-800-544-1800 call Washington, on information additional For or www.visitid.org or For additional information on Idaho, call 1-800-VISIT-ID call Idaho, on information additional For Moscow and Latah County. 1983 County. Latah and Moscow Lillian Otness, A Great Good Country: A Guide to Historic to Guide A Country: Good Great A Otness, Lillian Bill London, Umbrella Guide to the Inland Empire. 1990 Empire. Inland the to Guide Umbrella London, Bill Ruth Kirk, Exploring Washington’s Past: A Road Guide. 1990 Guide. Road A Past: Washington’s Exploring Kirk, Ruth References: Designed by Trireme d’Sign Trireme by Designed Latah County Historical Society Historical County Latah Committee Marketing Palouse ■ ■ Credits: Whitman County Historical Society Historical County Whitman Latah County Historical Society Historical County Latah Photos: http://users.moscow.com/lchs (208) 882-1004 (208) 83843 ID Moscow, Second, E. 327 ■ ■ Latah County Historical Society Historical County Latah [email protected] www.moscowchamber.com ■ ■ drive south on Highway 195. Highway on south drive (800) 380-1801 (800) 882-1800 (208) ■ ■ 411 S. Main, Moscow, ID 83843 ID Moscow, Main, S. 411 north up the hill to Highway 95, then take the Pullman turnoff to Highway 195. From Spokane, From 195. Highway to turnoff Pullman the take then 95, Highway to hill the up north Moscow Chamber of Commerce of Chamber Moscow a stop in Pullman, home of Washington State University. To begin the tour at Lewiston, drive Lewiston, at tour the begin To University. State Washington of home Pullman, in stop a [email protected] www.pullmanchamber.com A tour of Whitman County’s rolling hills, geographical and cultural sites, and small towns with towns small and sites, cultural and geographical hills, rolling County’s Whitman of tour A ■ ■ (800) 365-6948 (800) 334-3565 (509) ■ ■ 415 N. Grand Avenue, Pullman, WA 99163 WA Pullman, Avenue, Grand N. 415 Pullman Chamber of Commerce of Chamber Pullman FOR MORE INFORMA MORE FOR TION: who played an important role in their religious beliefs. religious their in role important an played who The Palouse Indians believed the rock to be the solidified heart of Beaver of heart solidified the be to rock the believed Indians Palouse The the Palouse and Snake Rivers, and the something sticking down in the water was a large rock. large a was water the in down sticking something the and Rivers, Snake and Palouse the Indians and means something sticking down in the water. The village was located at the confluence of confluence the at located was village The water. the in down sticking something means and Indians the Palouse. The word Palouse comes from the Sehaptin name of the major village of the Palouse the of village major the of name Sehaptin the from comes Palouse word The Palouse. the The steep, fertile rolling hills of Eastern Washington and North Idaho define the unique region of region unique the define Idaho North and Washington Eastern of hills rolling fertile steep, The THE I PALOUSE northern Latah County Latah northern Horse logging in logging Horse 1. UNIONTOWN AND COLTON, PARK, LACROSSE, ENDICOTT AND ST. JOHN The Northern Pacific Railroad HIGHWAY 195 NORTH. The Palouse River cascades 198 feet into a deep pool. The depot in Pullman in the 1920s waterfall is a sharp contrast with the surrounding channeled Uniontown was settled in 1875 by German immigrants, and scablands, which were created by a series of glacial floods in 1884 the Swiss nuns of the Benedictine order established at the end of the ice age. To reach the 105-acre Palouse State a monastery. St. Boniface Church with its twin towers was Park and Palouse Falls, take Highway 26 from Colfax 50 dedicated in 1905. To the north is the convent which has miles to the turnoff for Washtucna. At Washtucna, turn left been converted to a bed and breakfast inn. The building on on Highway 263 and go 6 miles until you reach the signs the south was the Parish House. After a disagreement with for Palouse Falls and Lyons Ferry. Turn left and continue on the Uniontown priest in 1895, the nuns were persuaded to ber Company purchased the of the road to the butte. In the Highway 261 for nine miles to the falls, which are in the move their monastery four miles north to Colton which had sawmill in 1904, then declined 1880s James, “Cashup” Davis op- state park. been established in 1879. The Benedictine Sisters built St. when operations moved to Pot- erated a roadhouse at the base On your way back from Palouse Falls take a scenic Scholastica Academy which was a boarding school and latch, Idaho. and a hotel on top which burned in 1896. side trip through the rural farming communities of Lacrosse, mother house. The Academy moved to Cottonwood, Idaho Endicott and St. John. Twenty-five miles east of Washtucna, in 1905, and the building was demolished in 1988. St. Gall’s 4. NORTH TO GARFIELD. 5.B SIDE TRIP LOOP EAST TO turn left on the Lacrosse Airport Road, which takes you to Church is a reminder of the town’s Catholic history. FARMINGTON AND NORTHEAST TO Lacrosse. From Lacrosse, take Winona South Road until you Founded in 1882, by 1900 there were 10 large ware- 2. PULLMAN. TEKOA. reach Endicott Road and then take a right. Endicott Road houses bordering the railroad tracks. A large brick grange will take you into Endicott. From Endicott, take the Endicott- hall, churches, handsome, large houses, and the impressive Situated among four hills and the largest town in Whitman Farmington is at the fork of the road leading down from St. John Road to St. John. To get back to Highway 195, take Robert C. McCroskey house on the north end of town retain the Pine City Malden Road to Rosalia. County, Pullman was established in 1877 and named Three the town’s historic character. McCroskey was a banker, state Skyline Drive. Settled by stockmen in 1870, a shingle mill Forks after the creeks that converge here. Washington State senator, regent for Washington State College, and brother was its first industry. The cemetery contains the grave of University influences the city’s economy and cultural life. of Virgil McCroskey, the donor of the McCroskey park on Matilda Sager Pringle, a young survivor of the Whitman 8. BACK TO PULLMAN OR SOUTH Mission massacre. The two-story Masonic Hall and the brick College and Pioneer hills, the heart of the historic town, sport Skyline Drive in northern Latah County. ON HIGHWAY 195 TO LEWISTON. handsome homes, fraternity and sorority buildings. Historic bank with a corner entrance are on the National Register of buildings on campus include the 1894 Thompson Hall with 4.B SIDE TRIP TO ELBERTON Historic Places. Tekoa was established in 1875 as a trading At the junction of Highways 195 and Idaho’s 95, you can its turrets and the cupola post for the nearby Coeur d’Alene Reservation. The city’s elect to continue east to Latah County. from the 1899 Ferry Hall. Hauling grain sacks in Whitman County A winding road leads to what was once a thriv- name, a biblical term for “city of tents,” was inspired by the Museums on the Univer- ing farming community in a valley cut by the tents of railroad construction workers. 8.A & 8B. SIDE TRIPS TO THE SNAKE sity campus include the North Fork of the Palouse River. Founded in the RIVER LANDINGS OF ALMOTA AND 1870s with a sawmill, it prospered with a diver- 6. NORTHWEST ON HIGHWAY 271 Museum of Art, the An- WAWAWAI. thropology Museum, sified agriculture of bees, cattle, hogs, broomcorn, TO ROSALIA. sunflowers, beans, potatoes, and prunes, which Jacklin Collection of min- Fertile soil and mild climates of bench became a major crop. A prune dryer and furnaces The town has handsome houses at The steamboat Almota at a erals, the Mycological lands along the river were home to the could dry over 60,000 pounds of fruit daily. The each end of the main street and a his- Herbarium, the James En- landing along the Snake River Palus (Palouse) Indians. In 1805 they loss of the sawmill, fire, flood, and reduced prices toric downtown district. A concrete tomological Museum, and the Ownbey Herbarium. Infor- greeted the Lewis and Clark expedition for wheat signaled the town’s slow decline.