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Ranger in pioneer dress churning butter at area festival.
Ranger spinning wool into yarn on the treadle spinning wheel.
Ranger in pioneer dress spinning wool into yarn using the walking / high wheel.
A young boy helps churn butter during a local festival.

Park visitors ask questions about native plant dyes.
A local volunteer demonstrates basket-making for park visitors.
Ranger in pioneer dress demonstrates cooking biscuits in a Dutch oven.
Close-up of biscuits cooking in the Dutch oven.

Sepia toned photo living history demonstration at Whitman Mission.
Sepia toned photo of living history demonstration: cooking in front of covered wagon.
Native American cultural demonstration: Female ranger, wearing traditional dress, demonstrates how to make a tule mat.
Native American cultural demonstration: Male ranger, wearing traditional dress, demonstrates traditional salmon-curing method over fire.
Close-up of freshly made adobe bricks, still in the wooden forms.
      



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