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Whitman Mission National Historic SiteW. H. Jackson painting of the mission in the 1840s based on other's descriptions.
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Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Whitman Mission Household
 
painting of Dr. Whitman
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Dr. Marcus Whitman

Biography of Marcus Whitman

Selected Letters of Marcus Whitman, 1834-1847:

1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 | 1840 | 1841 | 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | 1847

A Physical Description of Marcus Whitman

 
 
Drawing of Narcissa and Alice Clarissa, her daughter
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The Children

Narcissa's Children

Alice Clarissa Whitman

 
Section of Jackson painting of Waiilatpu mission, scene depicts people in front of one of the mission buildings.
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Workers

Hawaiian Laborers at Whitman Mission
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Whitman Mission Handbook
Learn more about the Whitmans, their trip out, and their time at the mission.
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Drawing of how the Hagerman Horse may have appeared.  

Did You Know?
The zebra-like horse fossil Equus simplicidens was originally named Plesippus shoshonensis by Dr. Gidley, Smithsonian paleontologist, who led the 1929 excavation at Hagerman. He felt the fossil was different enough to represent a new species distinct from any other fossil horses.

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