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Sightseeing

Whitman Mission National Historic Site

A National Park Service site west of Walla Walla that preserves the former Whitman Mission at Waiilatpu and the history of the Cayuse people and early settlers.

328 Whitman Mission Road, Walla Walla, WA 99362 · Walla Walla, WA

About Whitman Mission National Historic Site

Whitman Mission National Historic Site sits just west of Walla Walla, Washington, on the grounds of the former Whitman Mission at Waiilatpu. The site tells the story of a period when Cayuse communities, missionaries, Oregon Trail travelers, and new diseases all changed life on the Columbia River Plateau. Visitors can walk the mission grounds, watch the park's film, browse the museum and visitor center, and climb Monument Hill for views of the mission and the surrounding valley. In 1847 Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and others were killed, an event that the park commemorates alongside the mission's role in the Oregon Trail.

#national historic site
#National Park Service
#Oregon Trail
#Cayuse Nation
#mission history

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