Stop 22: The Saturno Farmstead

The Saturno Farmstead, including house, garden, and vineyard, represent some of the history of Walla Walla’s Italian community.

The Italian immigrant community funded and erected the statue of Christopher Columbus in front of the Walla Walla County Courthouse. Italians often experienced ethnic prejudice. Because Columbus was Italian, it was a way to make Italian identity be accepted as American and to demonstrate both pride in their ethnic identity and their patriotism.