Living History Company Performances
A photo session is scheduled for March 28 at 2:00 pm in the new Entrance Building Conference Room to take group & Individual pictures for the 2010 season. Living History Company members should arrive in costume; those participating in the 3:00 - 5:00 'appreciation event' may leave when their shoot is completed.
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 Operations Manager Don Locati at 525-7703.
Soldiers, Pioneers, & Indian People,
meet the people who built a heritage!
The 2010 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!
This year's theme:
The Changing Face of a Pioneer Town
(preliminary schedule, subject to change)
Date |
Historical Figures & Presentations |
Historical Interpreters |
April 4 |
John Colter, Lewis & Clark expedition member |
Paul Franzmann |
April 11 |
Joseph Meek, mountain man & U.S. Marshal
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April 18 |
Sigmond Schwabacher, Jewish merchant & immigrant
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Steve Rubin
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April 25 |
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Ron Klicker |
May 2 |
Nancy Wiseman, pioneer woman
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Harriet Hart Beach
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May 9 |
Charles Tung, Chinese merchant & interpreter
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May 16 |
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Jeannot Poirot |
May 23 |
Col. Michael McCarthy, soldier & militiaman
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Bob Bennett
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| May 30 |
Rev. Cushing & Myra Eels,
Protestant missionaries |
Rogers Miles
& Barbara Coddington |
June 5 |
Charlie Phillips |
Dick Phillips |
June 6 |
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| June 12 |
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19th century historical interpreters and more |
June 13 |
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19th century historical interpreters and more |
June 19 |
Burlingame Ditch developers Ed & Elizabeth Burlingame
Sam Black, Hudson's Bay Company man
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Tom Williams & Jill Zagelow
Tom Williams
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June 20 |
Woods, Moorhouse, Nichols & Miller, Seventh Day Adventist pioneers
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Elaine Derby, Cleo Forgey, Gordon Hare, & Bob Bohlman
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June 26 |
Suzanne Cayouse Dauphin, American Indian wife
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Judith Fortney
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June 27 |
Fred Stine, blacksmith & builder
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Charles Saranto
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July 3 |
Annie Mix, New Orleans lady |
Deana Underwood |
July 4 |
TBA |
TBA |
| July 10 |
John Singleton, Fort Walla Walla soldier & musician
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Joel Fitts |
July 11 |
Andrew Dominique Pambrun, Hudson's Bay Company trader & adventurer
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Sam Pambrun
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July 17 |
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WW Small Business Center Director |
July 18 |
Yuso Shinbo, Japanese immigrant & restaurateur |
Art Shinbo |
July 24 |
John Abbott, stage coach operator & miner
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Rod Hahn
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July 25 |
Josephine Wolfe, pioneer madame |
Lois Hahn
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| July 31 |
Sarah Miner, Pioneer School Teacher
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Barbara Daniel
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| August 1 |
E.B. Whitman, Walla Walla's first elected Mayor |
Dan Clark |
August 7 |
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August 8 |
Fr. Eugene Chirouse, Catholic missionary |
Jean-Paul Grimaud |
August 14 |
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August 15 |
Carline M. Woods and Augusta Moorhouse, SDA pioneers & the life of Ellen White |
Elaine Derby & Cleo Forgey |
August 21 |
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August 22 |
Women's History Celebration with Lucie Isaacs & Women of Walla Walla including Maria Whitman, Suzanne Cayouse Dauphin, 'Dutch Jo' Wolfe, Martha Roberts, and Myra Eels, commemorating the 90th anniversary of the
19th amendment, guaranteeing American women's right to vote |
Liz George & women of the Living History Company |
| August 28 |
Lt. John Mullan, road builder |
Ron Klicker |
August 29 |
Frenchtown Rendezvous with Suzanne Cayouse Dauphin, Andrew Pambrun, William McBean, Father J.B.A. Brouillet and Father Eugene Chirouse.
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Judith Fortney, Sam Pambrun, Rich Monacelli, Jeannot Poirot, and Jean-Paul Grimaud
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| Sept. 5 |
James McAuliff, merchant, musician, & mayor |
Clark Colahan |
Sept. 12 |
Outlaw Ferd Patterson & Sheriff James McAuliff |
Robert Armstrong
& Clark Colohan |
Sept. 19 |
A.P Woodward |
J.R. Lieuallen |
Sept. 26 |
Mother Joseph of the Sisters of Providence, builder of institutions |
Diane Kaye |
October 3 |
Frank Orselli & Pasquale Saturno, Italian farmers and immigrants |
David Venneri & Doug Saturno |
October 10 |
Francesco Leonetti, early winermaker |
Rusty Figgins |
October 17 |
Robert Wolf, Walla Walla's first professional fireman & chief
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Greg Van Donge
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| October 24 |
TBA |
Dan Clark & Clark Colohan |
October 31 |
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The Full Company |
page updated February 4, 2010
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.
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