Whitman Mission National Historic Site, Washington - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

In 1836, Marcus and Narcissa Whitman established a mission here at Waiilatpu on the Walla Walla River. They established a large self-sufficient mission complex with multiple structures, cultivated fields, orchard, and irrigation system that produced enough food to feed themselves and to sell to immigrant trains that arrived after 1843. Beginning in 1845, most of the wagon trains began taking a shortcut which bypasssed the Whitman Mission and only those that were sick or low on supplies stopped a the Mission. In 1847, an emigrant train brought measles to the mission and half of the local Cayuse tribe died. As a result on December 8, 1847, Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and a dozen others were killed by the Cayuse and the mission was burned. In March 1848 a compnay of volunteers arrived and established a camp named Fort Waters. The remains of the massacre victims were collected and buried in a mass grave which existed until 1897 when the remains were reinterred in the present Great Grave as part of the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the deaths. The Whitman Memorial Shaft was also erected in 1897. The Whitman National Monument was established on June 29, 1936. On January 1, 1963, the designation was changed to Whitman Mission National Historic Site. The Whitman Mission National Historic Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.
Most information comes from NPS website (http://www.nps.gov/whmi/index.htm) and the National Register nomination form (https://fortress.wa.gov/dahp/wisaard/documents/RN/0/2/2332.pdf).

Street address: 328 Whitman Mission Road Walla Walla, WA United States 99362 County / Borough / Parish: Walla Walla Year listed: 1966 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Information Potential, Event Periods of significance: 1825 - 1849 Historic function: Church Related Residence, Church School, Religious Structure Current function: Park - National Historic Site Privately owned?: no Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2010 To: 12/31/2010 Hours of operation: From: 8:00 AM To: 4:30 PM Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
Please give the date and brief account of your visit. Include any additional observations or information that you may have, particularly about the current condition of the site. Additional photos are highly encouraged, but not mandatory.

Recent Visits/Logs:

Date Logged Log User Rating   04/17/2024 Don.Morfe visited it 08/10/2010 Ilulissat visited it 08/07/2010 Lomond visited it 09/26/2009 Volcanoguy visited it

View all visits/logs