Living History Company Performances
page updated January 21, 2012
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 many ways, these diverse sources continue to make Walla Walla a special place to live, work, and play. Pride of place is a hallmark of the region; we treasure and celebrate all the different aspects that define who we are.
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
at Fort Walla Walla Museum,
please contact the Museum at 525-7703.
| Members of the Living History Company, 2011 |
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The Oregon Trail Band
[l-r] Leroy Hogeboom (guitar) Gordon Hare (violin),
Bob Bohlman (autoharp & harmonica)
and Neil Busby (guitar & keyboards)
Enjoy 19th century popular music from the Museum's own
Oregon Trail Band every first & third Sunday of each month!
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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 2011 Living History Schedule:
performances at 2:00 pm each Sunday
plus Saturdays, June through August
Performances begin at 2:00 pm
in the quiet of the Museum's
pioneer settlement or the climate-controlled comfort of the Grand Hall,
as determined by the weather.
This year's theme:
The Changing Face of a Pioneer Town
(schedule subject to change)
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Historical Figures & Presentations |
Historical Interpreters |
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John Colter, Lewis & Clark expedition member |
Paul Franzmann |
April 10 |
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| April 17 |
Open House/Town Meeting:Walla Walla 150 years ago in 1861 |
The Full Company |
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Sigmond Schwabacher, Jewish merchant & immigrant
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Steve Rubin
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Sarah Miner, Pioneer School Teacher
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Barbara Daniel
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What About the Neighbors? (Marcus & Narcissa Whitman)
William McBean, Hudson's Bay Company trader & Catherine Sager, Oregon Trail orphan |
Richard Monacelli with Stella Gryler
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Bror Sorenson, Mormon sect follower
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Col. Michael McCarthy, soldier & militiaman
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Bob Bennett
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May 29 |
Fred Stine, 'rags to riches' blacksmith & hotel owner |
Charles Saranto |
| June 4 |
Ed & Elizabeth Burlingame
Burlingame Ditch developers and their daughter Maybelle |
Tom Williams & Jill Zagelow with Chloe Koehler |
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Judge William Langford, Territorial Justice |
Judge Don Schacht |
June 11 |
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19th century historical interpreters and more
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19th century historical interpreters and more
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John Abbott, stage coach operator & miner in a wheelwright demonsttration |
Rod Hahn & friends
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Josephine Wolfe, pioneer madame |
Lois Hahn |
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John & Catherine Stahl, brewmasters |
David & Jill Emigh |
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Harriet Hart Beach |
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July 9 |
William Phillips, hardwareman, tinsmith, & early Fire Commissioner
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Dick Phillips |
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Caroline Wood, Augusta Moorhouse, William Nichols & Aaron Miller,
Seventh Day Adventist pioneers
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Elaine Derby, Cleo Forgey, Gordon Hare, & Bob Bohlman
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Teri Sannar |
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Maria Greenwood Whitman, homemaker & songster |
Barbara Clark |
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Marion Bauer, classical composer |
Susan Pickett |
July 30 |
Sam Black, Hudson's Bay Company man |
Tom Williams |
July 31 |
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Dan Clark, Judith Fortney, Sam Pambrun, Richard Monacelli, Jeannot Poirot, and Jean-Paul Grimaud |
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Galen Tom |
| Aug. 7 |
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Deana Underwood
Clark Colahan
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Aug. 14 |
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Aug. 20 |
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Women's History Celebration/ Ice Cream Social with Lucie Isaacs & Women of Walla Walla including Maria Whitman, Suzanne Cayouse Dauphin, Annie Mix, 'Dutch Jo' Wolfe Martha Roberts, Sarah Miner, Elizabeth & Maybelle Burlingame, Elizabeth Sager, Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart, Augusta Moorhouse, Catherine Stahl, Caroline Wood, Nancy Wiseman and Myra Eels, commemorating the 91st anniversary of the 19th amendment, guaranteeing American women's right to vote
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Liz George & women of the Living History Company including Barbara Clark, Judith Fortney, Deanna Underwood, Lois Han,
Vi Jones, Barbara Daniel,
Jill Zagelow & Chloe Kohler, Stella Gryler, Kathy Miller,
Jill Emigh, Cleo Forgey, Elaine Derby, Harriett Beach and Barbara Coddington.
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Aug. 27 |
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Town Meeting: 175th anniversary of the arrival of Marcus & Narcissa Whitman |
E.B. Whitman, (a relative of Marcus Whitman) & friends
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Sept. 4 |
Cpl. Phillip Murphy, Fort Walla Walla soldier |
Greg Hodgen |
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Alonzo T. & Francis P. Jones,
soldier & evangelist |
Alex & Heather Salzman |
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Town Meeting: 155th anniversary of of the second Treaty of Walla Walla council & Stevens skirmish
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The Full Company |
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Elaine Derby & Cleo Forgey |
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Frank Orselli & Pasquale Saturno, Italian farmers and immigrants |
David Venneri
& Doug Saturno |
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Robert Wolf, Walla Walla's first professional fireman & chief
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City of Walla Walla Firemen Jason Strang
& Jeff Harwood
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Yuso Shinbo, Japanese immigrant & restaurateur |
Art Shinbo |
Oct. 23 |
Mother Joseph of the Sisters of Providence, builder of institutions
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Oct. 30 |
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NOTE: All performers are volunteers.
Programs subject to change without notice.
Call ahead to confirm appearances.
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 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. |
