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Article: WALLA WALLA RICH IN HIGHER LEARNING, ART, ONIONS AND HISTORY.(Getaways)
- Article from:
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- April 16, 1998
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Washington's southeast corner is really not on the way to anywhere and that's one of its charms. It's an area you visit for small towns, historical sightseeing, award-winning wineries and bed-and-breakfast inns.
The heart of the region is Walla Walla, a city of 30,000 people and a major agricultural market center for the rich croplands that extend for miles in every direction. Wheat and other grains, peas, lentils, asparagus and grapes grow here. The new crop you see along the road these days is the fast-growing cottonwood planted in groves by paper companies for their pulp wood.
What sets Walla Walla apart from similar agricultural cities in Eastern ...
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Article: ILL WIND SWEPT THROUGH 1918 WALLA WALLA.(News)
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March 23, 1998 ;
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... ... Bea Rundell, 99, of Walla Walla was pregnant and living ... within two weeks. But Walla Walla remained largely untouched ... newspaper Oct. 6 that Walla Walla would escape the pandemic ... halls were locked. Whitman College quarantined itself ...
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