• bible sitting next to a teapot

    Whitman Mission

    National Historic Site Washington

Cleaning Iron Artifacts

Worker with a small pile of iron pieces.
Cleaning iron artifacts found in search for Blacksmith Shop - 1960.
[C-3-7, Negative #447]
NPS photo
 

Did You Know?

Oregon Trail Wagon

Wagons used on the Oregon Trail had to carry nearly 2000 pounds of supplies. They traveled 2000 miles or more to the Oregon Country. Most wagons were pulled by oxen as they could eat the prairie grass and survive without lots of food for lengthy periods.