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Millstone (WHMI 185)

A cylindrical stone with a circular hole down the center

5. One of two millstone’s in the park’s museum collections, Dr. Marcus Whitman used this granite millstone for the gristmill he built at the mission site. The millstone had originally been found during the time of the Public Works Administration (circa 1933) but vanished soon after. The millstone was re-discovered years later at the park by archaeologist Thomas Garth in 1949. Catalog Number: WHMI 185 Object Name: Millstone Medium: granite Date: circa 1836-1847 Dimensions: diameter 24.0, length 25.25 cm

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Whitman Mission National Historic Site, Code: WHMI

Whitman Mission National Historic Site, Walla Walla County, Washington
Latitude: 46.0427017211914, Longitude: -118.464996337891

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06/28/2018

06/28/2018

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