The Battle of Walla Walla : December 7-11, 1855 The mild weather in Walla Walla today on this 170th anniversary of the Battle of Walla Walla at Frenchtown is nothing like what it was on that cold, terrible, morning, likely also nothing like it was on the day 177 years and one week ago when…
Come learn about Suzanne Cayuse, Marianne Walla Walla, and the impact of the Residential School system on one Frenchtown family. What is Living History? Living Histories aim to go beyond a textbook presentation of the past to provide a sensory-based experience. Interpreters either portray a first-person narrative through a specific historical figure, or a third-person…
and other possibilities If you made it to the exhibit Picturing Family : Métis Life in the Walla Walla Valley, now on display at Tamàstslikt Cultural Institute. I bet you admired the beautiful patterns in beads. Well, you’re in luck ! Frenchtown Board member TeLa Branstetter is going to lead a 3-session introductory workshop on…
Now through May 3, 2025 If you missed getting to see the exhibit about Frenchtown history and CTUIR métis family photos and art when it was at Whitman College in the fall, now’s your chance. The exhibit has moved to the gallery space at Tamástslikt Cultural Institute, where it will be on display through May 3,…
Frenchtown Historical Album Annual report in pictures We put together a photo album of some of the things we’ve been up to, and some of the times we’ve gotten together over the last few years for Rendezvous. Somebody forgot to add the names, however. Who needs names, when we all know who we are, right?…
We’re going to do it! November 30, 2024, we’re going to have a Rendezvous!1 How many times have you been in a conversation with someone who said “Frenchtown ? What’s that ?” or “Métis ? Huh?” There’s a great segment of Walla Walla that STILL doesn’t know anything about this history, and if you know…
On George Simpson’s wheat. What does it mean to cultivate the land ? The First Foods include roots and berries, perennial crops that were sustainably harvested by the tribes in order that they produce again each year. What is replanting small bulbs for next year’s harvest but a form of cultivation ? So we should be cautious…
The French Saloon Men are back, and it’s going to be even better than before. Join us for light appetizers and wine and some high-alcohol history at Three Rivers Winery on Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 6 pm to hear Sarah Hurlburt and Susan Monahan dish the dirt — er, dig up some history. Tickets are 65$ each and may be purchased…
Are you interested in the history of food? Hudson’s Bay Company Governor Sir George Simpson introduced winter wheat to the Columbia District in the 1820s. He gave seed to the forts and told them to grow food or go hungry. The seed was a soft white variety descended from an ancient Celtic landrace that was…
TWO groups of volunteers have been out to the site this fall to help clean up. The goats did the heavy lifting on the weeds, but they aren’t so good at picking up trash or cleaning around the shelter. It turns out humans are much better at that sort of thing. So shout out to…