Walla Walla Valley Last edited on 5/7/2011 by Eric There are 2
versions of this article / View version history The name
translates as easily as it rolls off the tongue: Walla Walla.
Many Waters. To the earliest Native tribes, the many waters came
from the nearby Blue Mountains and gathered to form the Walla
Walla River on its way to join the Columbia to the west. The
waters flowed first; however, into a fair-sized Valley carved in
the mountain's foothills, and bordered in part by the terrain of
what is known as the Columbia Plateau. Tribal members knew the
Valley's generally milder climate could maintain their people in
winter villages. There were lush wild grasses which could
sustain horses and attract game from the winter snows of the
nearby Blues, or from the giant high plateau that becomes
desolate and dangerous during the cold season. The rolling
terrain and numerous watersheds offered protection from nature
and other hazards of the day. Here the water was plentiful and
full of fish and seldom froze, eve