Ranger Lenihan describes the mission site to school field trip participants.
One moment can change the fate of many nations. After thousands of years of habitation by the Cayuse Nation, life in the Columbia River Plateau begins to change rapidly with the influx of missionaries, newcomers from the Oregon Trail, and diseases. A single violent act of desperation to protect a community ignites a series of events that will reshape the United States forever.
Whitman Mission National Historic Site will switch to its winter hours on September 24, 2024. Under this schedule, the Visitor Center will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Volunteers at Whitman Mission National Historic Site will join thousands of people across the nation for the largest single-day public lands volunteer effort, National Public Lands Day. The event is September 28 from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. The event includes an invasive species clean-up.
Whitman Mission National Historic site is pleased to host a special traveling exhibit “Letitia Carson: An Enduring Spirit of Hope and Freedom” from September 10 until December 7, 2024.
Whitman Mission National Historic Site will host cultural resource educator Tom Bailor for a fiber arts demonstration on June 22 and August 10 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm.