Painting of the Whitman Mission as it may have looked in the 1840s. Painted by William Henry Jackson in 1930. It is part of the collection at the Oregon Trail Museum at Scotts Bluff National Monument.
Mission grounds today as seen from the top of the hill.
Clifford Drury's book about the Whitmans A very detailed and extensively documented account of the Whitmans and their time at the mission. more...
Artist William Henry Jackson Learn more about the artist and his paintings (links to Scotts Bluff National Monument). more...
1948 Archeological Report Report on second year of archeological work at Whitman Mission led by archeologist Thomas Garth. more...
Did You Know?
Vast quantities of water stored by the lava rock aquifer below the Eastern Snake River Plain provides for critical human needs throughout southern Idaho...including those famous potatoes!