Wallula in Walla Walla County, Washington — The American West (Northwest)
Here Stood Fort Nez Perce
Photographed by Duane Hall, August 28, 2010
1. Fort Nez Perce Marker
Also Called
Fort Walla Walla
Fur Trading Post of
Hudson's Bay Company
1818 — 1856
Erected by Walla Walla Kiwanians.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1818.
Location. 46° 5.07′ N, 118° 54.577′ W. Marker is in Wallula, Washington, in Walla Walla County. It is on U.S. 12 0.2 miles north of Columbia Way, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wallula WA 99363, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Washington’s Columbia Basin. It is also in the American Mountain West and in the Lewis & Clark Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, the Pacific Rim, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fort Nez Percιs / Fort Walla Walla (here, next to this marker); Wallula Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Madame Marie L'Aguivoise Dorion (approx. 1.6 miles away); The History of Wallula (approx. 2.4 miles away); Lewis & Clark Camp (approx. 10.1 miles away); Mayor A. P. Gray (approx. 10.1 miles away); Before This Was a Park (approx. 10.3 miles away); Lewis and Clark Trail (approx. 10.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wallula.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Fort Walla Walla
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Also see . . . Fort Nez Percιs. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on February 1, 2014.)
Photographed by Duane Hall, August 28, 2010
2. Fort Nez Perce Marker
Photographed by Paul Crumlish, July 31, 2010
3. Wide view of the Fort Walla Walla and Fort Nez Perce Markers
The site of Fort Walla Walla is in the background, behind the marker, near of the left side of Wallula Gap. The area was flooded when the McNary Dam was built creating Lake Wallula.
Photographed by Duane Hall, August 28, 2010
4. Wallula Gap
Credits. This page was last revised on October 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 29, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,049 times since then and 65 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 29, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. 3. submitted on August 18, 2010, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia. 4. submitted on January 29, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.
