Living History: Cushing Eells, Protestant missionary

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Sun, 24 Jul, 2022 at 02:00 pm

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Fort Walla Walla Museum | Walla Walla, WA

Pioneer missionaries Cushing and Myra Eells arrived in the Valley in 1838. They settled among the Spokane Indians until the tragedy at the Whitman's mission in 1847 when they moved to the Willamette Valley.
They returned to the Walla Walla Valley at the close of the Indian wars in 1859 to reclaim the mission grounds at Waiilatpu, the Whitman Mission site. There, Cushing decided to found an educational institution, the Whitman Seminary. In 1883 it became Whitman College as a result of the Eells efforts that continued throughout their lives.
Reverend Eells is portrayed by Whitman College professor Rogers Miles.

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Fort Walla Walla Museum, 755 NE Myra Rd, Walla Walla, United States

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Living History: Cushing Eells, Protestant missionary

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