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Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Old Blue Making Adobe - 1941
Using horse to mix adobe.
Walla Walla Union Bulletin
Construction of temporary museum -- mixing clay for adobe bricks, using the horse (Old Blue) for the "dirty work". Four parts clay, one part straw or hay and enough water to mix, then dumped into a pit two feet deep. Marcus Whitman may have used a similar technique to construct the mission buildings. (Notice the **USA** WORK PROGRAM, WPA sign on the left side of the photograph).
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Jessie Fremont on her porch at her home at Fort Mason  

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John Fremont, the explorer, and his wife Jessie Benton Fremont, lived at Fort Mason. Both were abolitionists and their home, once located at the edge of the post, became a center of San Francisco’s intellectual life.

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