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==== History ==== | ==== History ==== | ||
{{WA History Intro}} Washington State University is located in Pullman. | {{WA History Intro}} Washington State University is located in Pullman. | ||
*[http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=26155 ''Historic sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Garfield Counties, Washington Territory, and Umatilla County, Oregon''] (If the link does not work, go to [http://www.ancestry.com/ ancestry.com] ($), click '''Search''', select '''Card Catalog''', paste Title into search box, click '''Search''') | *[http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=26155 ''Historic sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Garfield Counties, Washington Territory, and Umatilla County, Oregon''] (If the link does not work, go to [http://www.ancestry.com/ ancestry.com] ($), click '''Search''', select '''Card Catalog''', paste Title into search box, click '''Search'''). [http://archive.org/details/historicsketches00gilb For free at Archive.org]. | ||
*[http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=28600 ''An Illustrated history of Whitman County, state of Washington''] (If the link does not work, go to [http://www.ancestry.com/ ancestry.com] ($), click '''Search''', select '''Card Catalog''', paste Title into search box, click '''Search''') | *[http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=28600 ''An Illustrated history of Whitman County, state of Washington''] (If the link does not work, go to [http://www.ancestry.com/ ancestry.com] ($), click '''Search''', select '''Card Catalog''', paste Title into search box, click '''Search''') | ||
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*1805 October 11-13 - Lewis and Clark canoed on the Snake River along the southern boundary of Whitman County. | *1805 October 11-13 - Lewis and Clark canoed on the Snake River along the southern boundary of Whitman County. | ||
*1859 June - The first recorded Euro-American exploration along Union Flat Creek, the birthplace of settlement for Whitman County, by Lieutenant John Mullan of the United States Army. | *1859 June - The first recorded Euro-American exploration along Union Flat Creek, the birthplace of settlement for Whitman County, by Lieutenant John Mullan of the United States Army. | ||
*1871 November 29 - The county was formed. | *1871 November 29 - The county was formed from Stevens County. | ||
*The county has a primarily agricultural history, with an emphasis on wheat (today it ranks first in wheat production among Washington counties and second among counties in the nation). | *The county has a primarily agricultural history, with an emphasis on wheat (today it ranks first in wheat production among Washington counties and second among counties in the nation). | ||