Stop 20: The Clark Cabin of Lettice and Ransom
This is the oldest cabin at the Museum. Lettice became its owner after her husband died, making her the Valley’s first female landowner and homesteader.
Stop 19: The Pioneer Cabin
Maintained by the Daughters of the Pioneers, this cabin was formerly part of W. W. Davies’ Kingdom of Heaven commune.
An illustration of the Davies’ Commune.
Stop 18: Our Pioneer Village
This Village was the first part of this Museum complex. Since the Museum started, the Pioneer Village has immersed visitors and schoolkids in the historic frontier days.
Stop 17: The Penitentiary
The Bertillon card of a prisoner brought to Walla Walla Penitentiary in 1917.
Bertillon cards recorded identifying measurements and a mugshot.
Prisoners in a “bucket cell” like those on display at the Museum.
The Prison once included a typewriter repair workshop. Prisoners were active in many different crafts.
Penitentiary jute mill in 1914.