Lewis and Clark Trail
This side trip is a 44 mile side trip that reconnects with the tour; it follows part of the Lewis and Clark Scenic Byway, which commemorates the Centennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in Washington.
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Expansive flats, bordered by low hills, extend northeast to nearly connect with the Snake River. This area contains the community of Eureka, northwest of Walla Walla. On June 6, 1904, the town was platted by Mrs. A. B. Blanchard, and named for the flats on which it was located.
Learn more about Eureka FlatMile: 23
The original name was Riverside, but was changed in 1902 by the Northern Pacific Railway for Joseph Lamar, from whom the right-of-way had been acquired.
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Cummings-Goodwin Cabin
Mile: 26
Prescott is a community on the Touchet River where Rev. Henry H. Spalding, an early Protestant missionary, established a home in 1859. The Oregon Improvement Company platted a town site on May 12, 1882. The place was named by the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company for C. H. Prescott, its general superintendent.
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Cox-Utter House
Mile: 36
Waitsburg is on the delta of the Touchet River and Coppei Creek, northeast of Walla Walla. A pleasant old town with shaded streets, in 1859, a man named Robert Kennedy became the first settler. Sylvester M. Wait, recognizing the power possibilities of the Touchet River, and noting that flour was selling for $44 a barrel, decided to build a flour mill. Farmers donated land for the mill and agreed to...
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Waitsburg Historic District
William Perry Bruce House
Waitsburg High School
Preston Hall
Mile: 45
