Spalding is an

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in the

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, located in northern Nez Perce County,

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Description

The community is located east and upstream of Lewiston, on the Clearwater River, at the mouth of the

Lapwai Lapwai is a city in Nez Perce County, Idaho, Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States. Its population was 1,137 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, and it is the seat of government of the Nez Perce people#Nez Perce Indian Reservation, Ne ...

Valley. U.S. Route 95 runs through the community and has a junction with

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just west of town. Spalding is part of the Lewiston, ID- WA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village was named after Reverend Henry Spalding, a missionary who taught the neighboring Nez Percé

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. The headquarters and visitor center for the

Nez Perce National Historical Park The Nez Perce National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park comprising 38 sites located across the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington (state), Washington, which include traditional aboriginal lands of the Nez ...

are located at Spalding. This place is notable as the birthplace of

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, the wife of

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. In the

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film ''

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'',

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rode a six-year-old

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stallion named Zip, from Spalding.

References

External links

Nez Percé National Park

Unincorporated communities in Idaho Unincorporated communities in Nez Perce County, Idaho Lewiston–Clarkston metropolitan area {{NezPerceCountyID-geo-stub