Editing Rosalia, Washington (section)

==History==
[[File:Rosalia, Washington (1880).jpg|thumb|left|Rosalia, 1880]]

Rosalia was the site of an 1858 [[Battle of Pine Creek]] between United States troops, including Nez Perce allies, under [[Brevet (military)|Brevet]] [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Edward Steptoe]], and members of the [[Coeur d'Alene people|Coeur d'Alene]], [[Palus people|Palus]] and [[Spokane tribe|Spokane]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribes.<ref>Alvin M. Josephy, ''The Nez Perce and the Opening of the North West'' Abridged Edition (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1971), p. 371</ref>

Rosalia was founded in 1870 by T.J. Favorite, who named it for his wife.<ref name=majors>{{Cite book| last = Majors | first = Harry M. | title = Exploring Washington | publisher = Van Winkle Publishing Co | year = 1975 | page = 112 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ| isbn = 978-0-918664-00-6}}</ref>  Rosalia was officially incorporated on March 23, 1894.