Whitman Mission

We drove down to Walla Walla. Jeremy wanted to visit a specialty hardwood store to buy some wood for his woodworking. We also wanted to take Elizabeth to the Whitman Mission. 4th graders study Washington State history. The big 4th grade field trip was going to Fort Walla Walla and the Whitman Mission. However, those did not happen this year due to covid. We figured we could at least take her to the Whitman Mission since Fort Walla Walla was closed. 

We walked to the top of a hill to check out the monument for the Whitmans. 

Overlooking the area where the mission was. 

An original part of the Oregon Trail. 

Checking out where the Whitman mission used to be. 

The Blacksmith shop area. 

The pond that powered the Wheat grist. 

The orchard (not the original trees). 

After that, we drove home. That took less than an hour. It was a good daytrip! 

Whitman Mission and Fort Walla Walla

The 4th graders studied Washington State history this year. The end of the year field trip was to Walla Walla. We visited the Whitman Mission and Fort Walla Walla. It was barely an hour bus ride so it was pretty fast. 

At Fort Walla Walla, the kids learned about how wheat was harvested in the "old days." They learned about mules and old threshing machines. 

They had some old jail cells from the old penitentiary. They kids thought they were great. 

Fort Walla Walla had a village set up with a school, barbershop, blacksmith shop, livery. old log homes, etc. 

Nathan's class at the one room schoolhouse. 

We had our lunch at Fort Walla Walla and then drove over to the Whitman Mission National Historical Site. 

The kids walked the foundation of the Whitman Mission. They had a map of where the rooms were. 

Their teacher read out of a book about the events that happened at the Whitman Mission as the kids sat in the room where it all happened. 

Nathan and friends. 

There was a turtle in the pond. 

The part of the Oregon trail that branched up to Walla Walla. 

The gravesite. 

The class walked up to the monument. I stayed with the backpacks and clipboards. 

The trail was so pretty. 

Nathan and his friend working on information about the trip.