Description
The first Euro-Americans to trek through the verdant Walla Walla Valley were uniformly impressed with its prospects for colonization. The Cayuse remained the valleys primary inhabitants until diverse populations with equally diverse objectivesmanipulative traders, frictional missionaries, hostile colonists, an over-ambitious governor, a distracted Bureau of Indian Affairs, vigilante armies, and their rival, the US Armyarrived and rapidly transformed the region. Established at a fortunate location just prior to the Idaho gold rush, Walla Walla quickly grew into Washington Territorys largest and wealthiest city. At the same time, the sudden expansion increasingly forced the Cayuse and some Walla Walla and Umatilla bands to live south of the city within ambiguously defined reservation boundaries.
Who were these Cayuse and early Walla Wallans? What was the relationship between the city and the reservation in the mid-1800s? What was Walla Wallas place within the political and commercial spectra of a swiftly evolving Pacific Northwest? How did both city and reservation fare during the Long Depression of the 1870s?
Becoming Walla Walla covers Walla Walla Valley history from the time of the Sahaptian Peoples first encounters with Euro-Americans to the initial expiration of the U.S. governments treaty with the Cayuse, Walla Walla, and Umatilla. It sheds light on the citys and reservations simultaneous development, re-animates the Walla Walla of the 1860s and 70s, reconsiders the citys status in early Washington Territory and Oregon State histories, and documents transformations of the regions built and natural environments.
Author: Dennis Crockett
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Washington State University Press
Published: 12/18/2024
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780874224337
Language: English
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