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Whitman Mission National Historic Site - Nature and ScienceThe Whitman story is one of courage, commitment, and sacrifice for an ideal. (NPS Photo) Whitman Mission National Historic Site (NHS) is located to the west of the Blue Mountains in southeastern Washington. In 1836, Marcus and Narcissa Whitman arrived at a valley near the confluence of the Walla Walla River and Mill Creek to set up a Christian mission for the Cayuse people. The area was called Waiilatpu, "Place of the Rye Grass," by the Cayuse Indians. The present 98.15 acre historic site is on a portion of the original land settled by the Whitmans. The Enabling Act of 1936 identified the purpose of Whitman Mission National Historic Site as a "...public national memorial to Marcus Whitman and his wife, Narcissa Prentiss Whitman, who here established their Indian mission and school and ministered to the physical and spiritual needs of the Indians...." The act called upon the National Park Service to "... maintain and preserve it [Whitman Mission] for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the United States." Whitman Mission National Historic Site has the following mission goals that relate to natural resources: 1. To preserve and protect the historic, cultural, and natural resources of Whitman Mission National Historic Site for present and future generations. 2. To encourage others to assist in the preservation of the cultural and agricultural setting around Whitman Mission NHS and the historic setting of the Mission area. Environmental Factors Trees and Shrubs Fire Regime Lightscape / Night Sky Nonnative Species Soundscape / Noise Water Quality |
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