• bible sitting next to a teapot

    Whitman Mission

    National Historic Site Washington

Mission House Excavation 1941

Historic photo of five men working at archeology dig.
Tom Garth (second from left) and crew excavate the mission house in 1941.

Did You Know?

picture of Great Basin Wild Rye Grass

Great Basin Wild Rye Grass is part of the natural landscape at Whitman Mission. The name Waiilatpu, meaning place of rye grass, was used by the people to name the mission site.