Moscow, Idaho

Along the way we stopped at Fort Spokane.  The museum was still closed due to Covid, but the ground were open for a self guided tour.

Fort Spokane and the surrounding landscape hold great historic significance. For thousands of years, the area was a gathering place for native tribes fishing the rapids of the Spokane River. In 1880, the U.S. Army established a fort above the confluence of the Spokane and Columbia Rivers. In 1898, the military fort was closed. The buildings were then used as an Indian boarding school and tuberculosis hospital.

Model T's from all over the country were touring the Spokane area.

The original Overlander

Nestled into the rolling green hills of the Palouse Country, Moscow, Idaho, is a great college town. Nearby colleges include: University of Idaho, Washington State University, New Saint Andrews College, Lewis-Clark State College and North Idaho College.

Visiting Arlene at Tye Dye Everything

Restocking

Lunch at Moscow Alehouse

The University of Idaho Arboretum and Botanical Garden is on the campus of the University of Idaho in Moscow.  It's 63 acres are open to the public daily without charge.

The university's first arboretum was established 111 years ago in 1910 by Dr. Charles Houston Shattuck, the university's first professor of forestry and the first dean of the College of Forestry. He began planting a 14-acre slope with hundreds of introduced trees and shrubs. His legacy, now a grove of mature trees, is one of Western North America's oldest university plantings with superior specimens of American Beech, California Incense-cedar, Field Maple, Eastern Hemlock, and an excellent Giant Sequoia.

Ferdinand’s Ice Cream Shoppe

Washington State University’s gourmet ice cream shop, features old-fashioned ice cream and soda fountain treats, exclusive ice cream flavors, gourmet coffee and espresso drinks and of course, their award winning Cougar Cheese.  Purchasing cheese from the WSU Creamery helps support student employees of Washington State University while providing them with valuable work experiences. A portion of the revenue from the sale of WSU Creamery products is used for educational support of Food Science students.

Palouse Country is a region characterized by gentle rolling hills covered with wheat fields. The hills were formed over tens of thousands of years from wind blown dust and silt.  

Through the centuries spotted horses have been given many names. The name Appaloosa joins in this history around the late 1800's. It was during this time that the term Appaloosa was first used to describe the spotted horses of the Palouse region. The Palouse, or Palouse Country, is the area of Washington and Idaho drained by the Palouse River. Early white settlers referred to the spotted horse of the area as a Palouse horse. Over time the A and Palouse were slurred together to first form the name Apalousey and later Appaloosa.  I had never heard this before, but found it interesting.