• bible sitting next to a teapot

    Whitman Mission

    National Historic Site Washington

Base of Hill circa 1940

Historic photo of base of hill, base lined with trees. Vegetation sparse otherwise.
Proposed development site--the base of Shaft Hill circa 1940.

Did You Know?

picture of tule lodge

The tule lodge offers a comfortable place for the people inside. The structure is held up by wooden poles and covered with mats made of tule. Tules are a type of sedge; they grow in marshy areas; and are also called "bullrushes." Tules are stronger than they look. A tule lodge can withstand rain and wind.