Fort Walla Walla

To the west, at the junction of the Walla Walla and Columbia Rivers, is the site of a trading post built in 1818.<BR> Fort Walla Walla was a vital link in the region’s fur trade, and helped open up the Northwest to the white man. From this post traders and trappers pushed into the rich Snake River basin.<BR> Pioneers on the overland trek to the Oregon country in the 1840’s found its farms a source of supply, and employees were among the area’s first permanent settlers.<BR> The fort was abandoned by Hudson’s Bay Company the start of the Indian War in 1855.