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Walla Walla’s First Public School Teacher

Fort Walla Walla Museum’s Living History Company will be presenting Walla Walla's first public school teacher, Sarah G. Miner at 2 pm in the pioneer village at Fort Walla Walla on Myra Road.  Mrs. Miner is pictured here next to the Union School, one of the earliest school buildings in the State of Washington.

Mrs. Miner, played by career Green Park School teacher (retired) Barbara Daniel, opened a private school in a store building on Main Street in the winter of 1861-62.  She was then given a certificate and on June 16, 1862, began the first public school classes in Walla Walla.  She was described as “a lovely, cultured woman, who had the finest house plants in town.”

The Museum is located in Fort Walla Walla Park along Myra Road in Walla Walla. Admission is $7/adults; $6/students and seniors (62+); $3/children 6-12; and free to members and children under 6. Through a reciprocal agreement, Tamástslikt Cultural Institute’s Inwai Circle cardholders and enrolled members of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation are also accorded free admission. For more information, contact Fort Walla Walla Museum at 509-525-7703, or email: info@fortwallawallamuseum.org.