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The Palouse (/ p ə ˈ l uː s / pə-LOOSS) is a distinct geographic region of the northwestern United States, encompassing parts of north central Idaho, southeastern Washington, and, by some definitions, parts of northeast Oregon. It is a major agricultural area, primarily producing wheat and legumes.
Palouse is named for the region of farmland in which it is situated, and was incorporated in 1888. The town made national news in 1974 when the city's school was able to let its children produce, film and telecast its students' TV programs on Channel 9 of the Palouse cable TV system. [5]
Area codes 208/986 , 509 Pullman–Moscow, WA–ID CSA is the United States Census Bureau 's official name for the combined statistical area in the northwest United States that includes the Pullman micropolitan area (all of Whitman County, Washington ) and the Moscow micropolitan area (all of Latah County, Idaho ).
The Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail, formerly known as the John Wayne Pioneer Trail and the Iron Horse Trail, is a rail trail that spans most of the U.S. state of Washington. It follows the former railway roadbed of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) for 300 miles (480 km) across two-thirds of the state ...
Palouse Place (previously Palouse Mall and Palouse Empire Mall) is an enclosed shopping mall in the western United States, located in Moscow, Idaho. Opened in 1976, the mall is anchored by Michael's, Old Navy, Rite Aid, Ross Stores, Target, and WinCo Foods. The site is on the western edge of the city, near the state border with Washington.
Steptoe Butte is a quartzite island jutting out of the silty loess of the Palouse hills in Whitman County, Washington, in the northwest United States.The 3,612-foot (1,101 m) butte is preserved as Steptoe Butte State Park Heritage Site, a publicly owned 150-acre (61 ha) recreation area located 12 miles (19 km) north of Colfax.
The Palouse River is a tributary of the Snake River in Washington and Idaho, in the northwest United States. It flows for 167 miles (269 km) [6] southwestwards, primarily through the Palouse region of southeastern Washington. It is part of the Columbia River Basin, as the Snake River is a tributary of the Columbia River.
A road connecting Colfax to Palouse and Potlatch, Idaho was first constructed in the early 20th century and appeared on a 1910 United States Geological Survey map of the Pullman area. [7] The road, following the course of the Palouse River , was later paved between Palouse and Idaho and designated as a branch of PSH 3 , [ 8 ] while the gravel ...