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    Whitman Mission

    National Historic Site Washington

Retrieving Cannonball from First House

Worker measuring cannon ball before taking it out.
Excavation of First House - 1941. Cannonball believed to have been left at the Mission by John C. Fremont in 1843.
[E-2-14, Negative #576]
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Did You Know?

Brass compass which belonged to Dr. Whitman

In the fall of 1842 Dr. Whitman decided to travel from Waiilatpu to Boston. He wanted to convince the board members to keep his mission station open. Dr. Whitman was in such a hurry when he left that he forgot his compass.