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Lewiston is home to Lewis-Clark State College, and is the county seat for Nez Perce County, Idaho.
Immediately across the Snake River from Lewiston is the town of Clarkston, Washington.
Along the much of the Snake River is a system of levees to protect against flooding. Most of the levees are in parks that are maintained by the United States Army Corps of EngineersThe United States Army Corps of Engineers or USACE is made up of some 34,600 civilian and 650 military men and women. The Corps' mission is to provide engineering services to the United States, including: Planning, designing, building and operating dams a.
Downtown Lewiston at the same elevation as the river. Away from downtown in either a northerly or southerly direction, the terrain gains altitude quickly. The south half of town is an area referred to as the Orchards. This area is much higher in elevation than downtown (one of the higher areas in town) and is named for the fruitIn botany, a fruit is the ripened ovary, together with its seeds, of a flowering plant. In cuisine, when discussing fruit as food, the term usually refers to just those plant fruits that are sweet and fleshy, examples of which would be plum, apple, and or orchardAn orchard is an intentional planting of trees maintained for food production. Most orchards comprise either fruit or nut-producing trees (see fruit trees. Most temperate-zone orchards are laid out in a regular grid, with a mown grass or bare dirt base ths that previously covered the area. There is little sign of these orchards today.
The odor from the Potlatch paper millA paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from wood pulp and other ingredients using a Fourdrinier Machine or similar apparatus. These establishments have been noted for producing an obnoxious smell in the general surroundings. The undesirable odo covers most of the downtown area. This odor is mainly contained in the lowest part of the valley; in the Lewiston Orchards area, it is mostly unnoticeable except for the worst days (e.g. when Potlatch is manufacturing cardboard).
In the springtimeSpring is one of the four seasons of temperate zones. Astronomically, it begins with the spring equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere, and September 23 in the Southern Hemisphere), and ends with the summer solstice (around June 21 in the Nor there is a celebration named the Dogwood Festival. This celebration is named for the abundant dogwood treesCornus ''Benthamidia ''Swida Dogwoods are one to three genera (depending on botanical interpretation) of deciduous shrubs and trees in the family Cornaceae. Sub)genus Cornus Cornels 4 species) Cornus chinensis (Chinese cornel). Cornus mas (European Cornel that are in fragrant bloom during the festival. During and shortly after the festival these pink blossoms blow through the yards and the streets like drifts of snow.
During the fallFall has several meanings: Fall is the more common North American word for the season usually known as autumn in British English. A freefall or other downward movement, often followed by a collision with the ground, due to gathering speed by weight. It is there are a number of cottonwood treeThis article is about the poplar plant. For other uses of the term, see Cottonwood (disambiguation). Cottonwood Plains Cottonwood Populus deltoides var. occidentalis Scientific classification : Plantae : Magnoliophyta : Magnoliopsida : Salicales : Salicacs that release cotton-like clouds of seeds that blow through the air and streets, blanketing the streets with a snow-like cover.
The town has a large Christmas festival that includes a number of large displays in the downtown area, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. These displays are typically quite impressive and often attract many visitors.
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