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Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. It must not be confused with the earlier fur trading post of the same name located 30 miles to the west on the Columbia River. The US Army post included all of what is now Fort Walla Walla Park, including the Museum Complex and Veterans Hospital. The soldiers here were involved in some of the most desperate Indian conflicts on the Western frontier including the Battle of Frenchtown, The Battle at Steptoe Butte, Colonel George Wright's Expedition, and the Battle of Whitebird Canyon part of the Nez Perce Indian War with Chief Joseph's Band. Veteran's of these expeditions are buried here along with other personel of the Fort which was decommissioned as an Army base in 1910.