Living History Company Performances
History comes alive every weekend at Fort Walla Walla Museum!
Your business, club, or organization can be a Living History Company sponsor!
Contact the Museum
for more information.
April through October performances at 2:00 pm every Sunday,
PLUS Saturdays, June through August.
The heritage of the Walla Walla region is colorful and varied, made of a wide assortment of people from many cultural backgrounds. Shifting and blending, sometimes creating new identities, but always influencing one another in numerous ways, these diverse sources continue to make Walla Walla a special place to live, work, play. Pride of place is a hallmark of the region; we treasure and celebrate all the different aspects that define who we are.
Fort Walla Walla Museum is seeking input from community members interested in sharing aspects of their heritage with others in the community and visitors to the Museum. Portraying the cultural diversity of the region in a special ‘Heritage Day’ has been a Museum goal for more than a decade. In conjunction with the ongoing Services and Facilities Enhancement Project, the Museum plans to showcase the incredible variety of who we are during its annual Fall Harvest Festival in late September.
Music, dancing, food, dress, language, religion … these and other facets of culture make up the identifiable outer appearances of groups. More difficult to identify is the way people within a culture think and see the world. Much can be done to increase the understanding of different points of view by sharing your cultural celebrations with neighbors and guests.
If your group is interested in participating in Fort Walla Walla Museum’s Heritage Day, please contact Operations Manager Don Locati at 525-7703.
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Enjoy popular 19th century music with the Museum's own Oregon Trail Band at 1:30 pm preceding the
Living History performance every first & third Sunday of the season.
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Museum membership entitles you to free admission to all
Fort Walla Walla Museum Living History performances and events
and now includes cost-free admission to Tamástslikt Cultural Institute!
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Soldiers, Pioneers, & Indian People,
meet the people who built a heritage!
The 2009 Living History Schedule:
performances at 2:00 pm each Sunday
plus Saturdays, June through August
Enjoy 19th century popular music from the Museum's own
Oregon Trail Band
every first & third Sunday of each month!
Date |
Historical Figures & Presentations |
Historical Interpreters |
April 5 |
John Colter, Lewis & Clark expedition member |
Paul Franzmann |
April 12 |
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April 19 |
E.B. Whitman, Walla Walla's first elected Mayor
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Dan Clark
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April 26 |
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Ron Klicker |
May 3 |
John Singleton, Fort Walla Walla soldier & musician
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Joel Fitts
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May 10 |
Joseph Meek, mountain man & U.S. Marshal
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May 17 |
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Steve Rubin |
May 24 |
Maria Greenwood Whitman, homemaker who sings songs of her time
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Barbara Clark
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| May 31 |
Rev. Cushing & Myra Eels,
Protestant missionaries |
Rogers Miles & Barbara Coddington |
June 6 |
Annie Mix, New Orleans lady |
Deana Underwood |
June 7 |
Woods, Moorhouse, Nichols & Miller, Seventh Day Adventist pioneers |
Elaine Derby, Cleo Wentland, Gordon Hare, & Bob Bohlman
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| June 13 |
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19th century historical interpreters and more |
June 14 |
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19th century historical interpreters and more |
June 20 |
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Bob Bennett |
June 21 |
Sam Black, Hudson's Bay Company man
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Tom Williams
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June 27 |
Charles Tung, Chinese merchant & interpreter
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Galen Tom
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June 28 |
Sarah Miner, Pioneer School Teacher
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Barbara Daniel
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July 4 |
TBA |
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July 5 |
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| July 11 |
Suzanne Cayouse Dauphin, American Indian wife |
Judith Fortney |
July 12 |
Elizabeth Milliken Baker, Oregon Trail pioneer woman |
Janet Baker Wiggins |
July 18 |
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Rich Monacelli |
July 19 |
Robert Wolf, Walla Walla's first professional fireman & chief
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Greg Van Donge
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July 25 |
Sarah Miner, Pioneer School Teacher
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Barbara Daniel
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July 26 |
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Full Company |
| August 1 |
Father J.B.A. Brouillet, pioneer Catholic missionary
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Jeannot Poirot
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| August 2 |
James McAuliff, merchant, musician, & mayor
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Clark Colahan
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August 8 |
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August 9 |
Carline M. Woods and Augusta Moorhouse, SDA pioneers & the life of Ellen White |
Elaine Derby & Cleo Wentland |
August 15 |
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August 16 |
Lt. John Mullan, road builder |
Ron Klicker |
August 22 |
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August 23 |
Women's History Celebration with Lucie Isaacs & Women of Walla Walla including Maria Whitman, Suzanne Cayouse Dauphin, America Bogle, Martha Roberts, and Myra Eels, commemorating the 89th anniversary of 19th amendment, guaranteeing American women's right to vote |
Liz George & women of the Living History Company |
| August 29 |
John Abbott, stage coach operator & miner |
Rod Hahn |
August 30 |
Frenchtown Rendezvous with Suzanne Cayouse Dauphin, Andrew Pambrun, William McBean, and Father J.B.A. Brouillet
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Judith Fortney, Sam Pambrun, Rich Monacelli, and Jeannot Poirot
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| Sept. 6 |
Yuso Shinbo, Japanese immigrant & restaurateur |
Art Shinbo
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Sept. 13 |
Fr. Eugene Chirouse, Catholic missionary |
Jean-Paul Grimaud |
Sept. 20 |
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Liz George |
Sept. 26 |
Fall Harvest Festival |
pioneer crafts and skills |
Sept. 27 |
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pioneer crafts and skills |
October 4 |
Frank Orselli & Pasquale Saturno, Italian farmers and immigrants |
David Venneri & Doug Saturno |
October 11 |
Robert Wolf, Walla Walla's first professional fireman & chief |
Greg Van Donge |
October 18 |
Ed, Elizabeth & Maybelle Burlingame, ditch diggers & developers
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Tom Williams & Jill Zagelow with Chloe Koehler
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October 25 |
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The Full Company |
page updated July 1, 2009
NOTE: All performers are volunteers.
Programs subject to change without notice. Call ahead to confirm appearances.
A 'hat tip' to Barb Daniel, portraying pioneer 'school marm' Sarh Miner on June 28, for filling in on short notice to keep the 12-year run of Sunday performances intact
... the true spirit of volunteerism: "The Show Must Go On!"
Interested in participating?
There are many characters ... men, women, and children ...
of the Walla Walla region's past whose stories currently go untold.
Join the fun and contribute to heritage, committing to only a few hours each season.
Call (509) 525-7703 or email info@fortwallawallamuseum.org for more information.
Musicians interested in playing popular 19th century music with The Oregon Trail Band
are also encouraged to
contact the Museum
Some members of the Living History Company are available for off-site presentations for a nominal fee (which helps to secure props, equipment and clothing for the Company). Contact the Museum at (509) 525-7703 or email info@fortwallawallamuseum.org.for more information.
Opportunities are available to support the Living History Company and many other facets of the Museum. You can help present the past to future generations by clicking DONATE NOW and specifying your area of interest. For more information contact the Museum at (509) 525-7703 or email info@fortwallawallamuseum.org.
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