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Whitman County Profile

Whitman County Outline Whitman County, rich land of large wheat fields, is located in the Palouse Hills region of southeastern Washington. The Washington Territorial Legislature created Whitman County on November 29, 1871. It was named in honor of the massacred missionary, Marcus Whitman, who had introduced Christianity to this portion of Washington.



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Historical Profile

1965 bulletin from the County Agricultural Data Series created by NASS, then known as the Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Links are to different chapters within the bulletin and are in Adobe PDF format.

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