Stop 13: A 33 Mule Combine Team

Carl Penner, one of the Museum’s founders, donated this building and these mules to give a more accurate sense of what farming was once like.

Stop 12: Harvesting Wheat in the Horse-Era

It took many men, many mules or horses, and good cooks to have a smooth harvest.

Stop 11: Dorsey Baker’s Rawhide Railroad

Dorsey Baker built the Territory’s first railroad. Baker’s Blue Mountain Locomotive is the oldest surviving locomotive in Washington.

A panel from “True Comics” No. 22 (1943)

Stop 10: Timeline of Fort Walla Walla

Going counter-clockwise, this exhibit takes you through different eras of the final Fort Walla Walla.

The 14th Cavalry band had a bear as a mascot. Military bands often participated in parades and events in town, and soldiers’ baseball teams helped popularize the sport here. As Walla Walla was peaceful for much of the fort’s history, there was opportunity for fun and games.

Stop 9: Indian People of the Walla Walla Valley

Four videos featuring our partners at Tamástslikt Cultural Institute on the Umatilla Indian Reservation.