• bible sitting next to a teapot

    Whitman Mission

    National Historic Site Washington

List of Illustrations - Garth, 1948 Archeological Report

Figures

1: Typical Soil Section

2: Floor Plan Drawn in 1840

3: Isometric Drawing of Mission House Ruin

4: Probable Floor Construction

 

Photo Plates

I: Mission House Foundation

II: Mission House Foundation and Cellar

III: Cellar of First House

IV: Cellar Wall of First House and Found Objects

 
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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.