CONTENTS


PART I

THE COUNTY AND ITS EARLIEST STAGES

CHAPTER I
PHYSICAL AND GEOLOGICAL FEATURES, SOIL, CLIMATE, WATER-COURSES, AND MOUNTAINS[1]
CHAPTER II
THE NATIVE RACES OF OLD WALLA WALLA COUNTY[10]
CHAPTER III
THE FIRST EXPLORERS AND THEIR ROUTES THROUGH THE REGION[32]
CHAPTER IV
THE FUR-TRADE AND FUR-TRADERS[42]
CHAPTER V
THE MISSIONARY PERIOD[57]
CHAPTER VI
INDIAN WARS AND OPENING OF COUNTRY TO SETTLEMENT[83]

PART II

SETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

CHAPTER I
THE PERMANENT ORGANIZATION OF WALLA WALLA COUNTY AND FOUNDING OF THE CITY[109]
CHAPTER II
TIMES OF COWBOYS, MINERS AND VIGILANTES[124]
CHAPTER III
POLITICAL HISTORY TO TIME OF COUNTY DIVISION[136]
CHAPTER IV
THE EARLY TRANSPORTATION AGE[155]
CHAPTER V
THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY IN OLD WALLA WALLA COUNTY TO THE PERIODOF COUNTY DIVISION AND AFTERWARDS IN THE PRESENT WALLA WALLA[175]
CHAPTER VI
INTELLECTUAL AND RELIGIOUS FORCES OF WALLA WALLA COUNTY; EDUCATIONALINSTITUTIONS OF WALLA WALLA [210]
CHAPTER VII
THE PRESS OF WALLA WALLA COUNTY [257]
CHAPTER VIII
WITH THE LAWYERS, JUDGES AND DOCTORS [265]