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The Yakima and Walla Walla valleys make up Washington's popular Wine Country. There are more than 400 wineries in Washington State, and most are found in this region. As the industry grows, signs of new visitor amenities are popping-up within the small bucolic towns along the Yakima River, like Zillah, Sunnyside and Prosser.
Walla Walla is the hottest new name in the industry, particularly for its fine cabernet sauvignon, merlot and syrah. It is a charming town with an interesting past from its first visitors in the Corp of Discovery to Dr. Marcus Whitman who built a mission here to the notables who transformed Walla Walla over the years that followed into the town that it is today. Mainly, asparagus, sweet onions, cherry and wheat farmers. The streets in this pretty little town are lined with splendid maple trees and beautifully restored homes - a large number on the National Register.
Whitman College, one of the nation's best liberal art schools, is just three blocks from old town center where many fine inns and restaurants serve those who come for Walla Walla's multitude of attractions, like their art scene which is evolving under the Walla Walla Foundry, and symphony.
The Columbia Basin stretches from Vantage on the Columbia River to Pullman nestled within the rolling, great Palouse then south to the Blue Mountains. The area is mostly agricultural land irrigated by the Columbia River Basin. Millions of acres of fields are watered by more than 2,000 miles of canals. Palouse Falls State Park features a 198 foot basalt cliff higher than Niagara Falls where the Palouse River roars downward on its way to the Snake River. |
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