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Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Suggested Reading

For teachers:

     Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the Opening of Old Oregon, by Clifford M. Drury.

     Oregon Geographic Names, by Lewis A. McArthur and Lewis Ankeny

     Washington State Place Names, by James W. Phillips    

     Shallow Grave at Waiilatpu, by Erwin N. Thompson

     The Letters of Narcissa Whitman and My Journal, by Narcissa Prentiss Whitman.

     The Great Command: The Story of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and the Oregon

     Country Pioneers, by Nard Jones.

     Converting the West: a Biography of Narcissa Whitman, by Julie Roy Jefferey

     Juggernaut: The Whitman Massacre Trial, by Ronald B. Lansing

     Whitman Massacre of 1847, Sager

     The Cayuse Indians, by Robert H. Ruby and John A. Brown

     Prairie Traveler, A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions, published in 1859, by

    Randolph B. Marcy

 

For students:

     Stout-Hearted Seven, by Neta Frazier

     Cobblestone Magazine — issues on Oregon Trail, Chief Joseph, Mountain Men

     Daily Life in a Covered Wagon by Paul Erikson

     A variety of books by Bobbie Kalman

     If You Traveled West in a Covered Wagon, by Ellen Levine

     Westward on the Oregon Trail, by Marian T. Place

     Discover the Oregon Trail, by Bobbie Salts

     The Story of the Oregon Trail, by R. Conrad Stein.

     … and many more

Brass compass which belonged to Dr. Whitman  

Did You Know?
In the fall of 1842 Dr. Whitman decided to travel from Waiilatpu to Boston. He wanted to convince the board members to keep his mission station open. Dr. Whitman was in such a hurry when he left that he forgot his compass.

Last Updated: September 28, 2009 at 19:56 EST