Tekoa, Whitman County, Washington, USA

Tekoa is a city in northeastern Whitman County, Washington, near the Idaho border. It lies at the base of Tekoa Mountain, where the rolling agricultural hills of the Palouse approach the forested mountains of northern Idaho. Railroads once made the city an important local transportation hub. Farms around Tekoa grow wheat, barley, lentils and other crops, alongside cattle grazing.