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Place Name
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Lewiston
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Nez Perce County
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Population
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28,082 (1990)
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Location
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Nez Perce County, Idaho (ID), United States, North America
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Latitude
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46°23'N
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Longitude
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117°00'W
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Lewiston
, city (1990 pop. 28,082), NW Idaho, at the
Wash. state line, and on Snake R. at mouth of Clearwater R.,
opposite Clarkston, Wash., 185 mi/298 km NNW
of Boise, and 85 mi/137 km SSE of Spokane;
 Nez Perce co.; 46°23'N 117°00'W. It is the commercial and
industrial center of a timber, grain, and livestock region (cattle;
wheat, barley; alfalfa; vegetables, potatoes) that also has lime, clay,
and silica deposits. The city has food processing plants, a large pulp
and paper mill, a small arm ammunitions factory, and lumber factories.
Lewis and Clark camped there in 1805. At nearby Lapwai, Henry H.
Spalding estab. (1836) a mission and operated the first printing press
in the Pacific Northwest. Lewiston grew as a supply and shipping center
after gold was discovered on the Clearwater R. It was the first capital
(1863-1864) of Idaho Territory and had the first newspaper, the
Golden Age (1862), in Idaho. Lewiston-Nez Perce Airport on S
part of city. Lewis-Clark State Col. is in the city, Nez Perce County
Historical Mus. Lowest point in Idaho
710 ft/216 m,
2 mi/3.2 km N, where Snake R. turns W into
Wash. Umatilla Natl. Forest to SW (Wash.), Nez Perce Indian Reservation
to E; Hells Gate State Park to S. Founded 1861.
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