1847, November 29th The Whitman Massacre at Wailatpui

In 1847 , Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, along with other dedicated settlers who had gone West with him, were massacred at the Congregationalist Whitman waystation on the Oregon Trail, at what was to become the start of the Measles War. Whitman himself was not a missionary, not having the money for Congregational divinity school, but had […]