by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 2, 2021 | Bison Books, Catholicism, Manifest Destiny, Marcus Whitman, Reverend Spalding, smallpox epidemic of 1780s, spalding, whitman
My last rambling blog post tried to link missionaries Whitman and Spalding, Catholic and anti-Catholic Northwesterners, Yale historians, Manifest Destiny, the Fur Trade, Whitman College and Bison Books into a tidy essay on history and historiography. I could have done...
by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 25, 2013 | Canadian border, david thompson, Fort Spokane, Hudson’s Bay Company, Nez Perce, Red River School, Reverend Spalding, Spokane Garry, Spokane House
“Before leaving the southern portion of the Asotin County some mention should be made of the Indian gardens located on the north side of the Grande Ronde River about half a miles below the mouth of the Rattlesnake Creek and on other favored spots extending on down the...
