"An interesting story about a man who led an amazing life is told at Spalding, the site of the first white settlement in Idaho and the first mission to the Nez Perce tribe.

Henry H. Spalding arrived at the site on the Clearwater River, about 10 miles upstream of Lewiston, late in 1836.

His wife, Eliza, was at his side. She, too, led an amazing life, becoming the first teacher at the precursor to Oregon's Pacific University in Forest Grove. She died 23 years before her husband.

Both are buried in the Nez Perce tribal cemetery at Spalding, not far from the Spalding Presbyterian Church, which began service in 1876."

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