Whitman Mission National Historical Site

It is rare for me to visit a NPS site when I am the only one there, besides the energetic and knowledgeable Rangers, of course … and that was the gift of the day. I don’t like to research a site much before I go, so I can discover the beauty of it first and then dig deep down into the history afterwards. I am always happy when I discover Native American acknowledgements to the land, and here the Waiilatpu Indians were acknowledged for nurturing this land.