Living History Company Performances
page updated August 30, 2010
History comes alive every weekend at
Fort Walla Walla Museum!
Your business, club, or organization can be a Living History Company sponsor!
Contact the Museum
for more information.
April through October performances at 2:00 pm every Sunday,
PLUS Saturdays, June through August.
The heritage of the Walla Walla region is colorful and varied, made of a wide assortment of people from many cultural backgrounds. Shifting and blending, sometimes creating new identities, but always influencing one another in many ways, these diverse sources continue to make Walla Walla a special place to live, work, and play. Pride of place is a hallmark of the region; we treasure and celebrate all the different aspects that define who we are.
Music, dancing, food, dress, language, religion … these and other facets of culture make up the identifiable outer appearances of groups. More difficult to identify is the way people within a culture think and see the world. Much can be done to increase the understanding of different points of view by sharing your cultural celebrations with neighbors and guests.
If your group is interested in participating
at Fort Walla Walla Museum,
please contact Operations Manager Don Locati at 525-7703.

Members of the Living History Company, 2010
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The Oregon Trail Band
[l-r] Leroy Hogeboom (guitar) Gordon Hare (violin),
Bob Bohlman (autoharp & harmonica)
and Neil Busby (guitar & keyboards)
Enjoy 19th century popular music from the Museum's own
Oregon Trail Band
every first & third Sunday of each month!
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Museum membership entitles you to free admission
to all
Fort Walla Walla Museum Living History performances and events
and now includes cost-free admission to
Tamástslikt Cultural Institute!
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Soldiers, Pioneers, & Indian People,
meet the people who built a heritage!
The 2010 Living History Schedule:
performances at 2:00 pm each Sunday
plus Saturdays, June through August

On Sunday, September 5, area farmer Tom Williams portrays Hudson's Bay COmpany 'enforcer' Sam Black.
Performances begin at 2:00 pm
in the quiet of the Museum's pioneer settlement or the climate-controlled comfort of the Grand Hall,
as determined by the weather.
This year's theme:
The Changing Face of a Pioneer Town
(schedule subject to change)
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Historical Figures & Presentations |
Historical Interpreters |
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John Colter, Lewis & Clark expedition member |
Paul Franzmann |
April 11 |
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Sigmond Schwabacher, Jewish merchant & immigrant
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Steve Rubin
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Ron Klicker
Aye, 'tis a mystery as to whom the gentleman truly is
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Nancy Wiseman, pioneer woman
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Harriet Hart Beach
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Charles Tung, Chinese merchant & interpreter
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Col. Michael McCarthy, soldier & militiaman
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Bob Bennett
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May 30 |
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Rogers Miles
& Barbara Coddington |
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Dick Phillips |
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June 12 |
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19th century historical interpreters and more
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19th century historical interpreters and more
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Tom Williams & Jill Zagelow with Chloe Koehler
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Andrew Dominique Pambrun,
Hudson's Bay Company trader & adventurer
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Sam Pambrun
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Suzanne Cayouse Dauphin, Indian woman
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Judith Fortney
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Fred Stine, blacksmith & builder
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Charles Saranto
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Deana Underwood |
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The Oregon Trail Band
Enjoy a special one-hour Independence Day performance of popular 19th century music |
Bob Bohlman, Gordon Hare, Leroy Hogeboom,
& Neil Busby
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July 10 |
John Singleton, Fort Walla Walla soldier & musician
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Joel Fitts |
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Woods, Moorhouse, Nichols & Miller,
Seventh Day Adventist pioneers
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Elaine Derby, Cleo Forgey, Gordon Hare, & Bob Bohlman
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Aye, 'tis a true mystery as to whom the gent might be
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Paul McLain,
Clark Colohan, Joan McLain, & Barbara Coddington |
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John Abbott, stage coach operator & miner
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Rod Hahn
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Josephine Wolfe, pioneer madame |
Lois Hahn |
July 31 |
Sarah Miner, Pioneer School Teacher
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Barbara Daniel
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August 1 |
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Dan Clark |
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Barbara Clark |
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Jean-Paul Grimaud |
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August 20 |
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Elaine Derby & Cleo Forgey |
August 21 |
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Women's History Celebration with Lucie Isaacs & Women of Walla Walla including Maria Whitman, Suzanne Cayouse Dauphin, Annie Mix, 'Dutch Jo' Wolfe, Martha Roberts, Sarah Miner, Elizabeth & Maybelle Burlingame, Elizabeth Sager, Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart, Augusta Moorhouse, Catherine Stahl,
Caroline Wood, Nancy Wiseman and Myra Eels, commemorating the 90th anniversary of the 19th amendment, guaranteeing American women's right to vote
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Liz George & women of the Living History Company including Barbara Clark, Judith Fortney, Deanna Underwood, Lois Han,
Vi Jones, Barbara Daniel,
Jill Zagelow & Chloe Kohler, Stella Gryler, Diane Kaye,
Jill Emigh, Cleo Forgey, Elaine Derby, Harriett Beach and Barbara Coddington.
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August 28 |
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Ron Klicker |
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Frenchtown Reunion with E. B. Whitman, Suzanne Cayouse Dauphin, Andrew Pambrun, William McBean, Father J.B.A. Brouillet, A.P. Woodward, and Father Eugene Chirouse.
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Dan Clark, Judith Fortney, Sam Pambrun, That Man, Jeannot Poirot, J.R. Lieuallen, and Jean-Paul Grimaud
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Sept. 5 |
Sam Black, Hudson's Bay Company man |
Tom Williams |
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Art Shinbo |
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J.R. Lieuallen |
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Mother Joseph of the Sisters of Providence, builder of institutions |
Diane Kaye |
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Frank Orselli & Pasquale Saturno, Italian farmers and immigrants |
David Venneri
& Doug Saturno |
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Stage master John Abbott & friends demonstrate wheelwright techniques in the blacksmith shop
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Rod Hahn, Ron Ginder, and Bill Zuger
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Robert Wolf, Walla Walla's first professional fireman & chief
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Greg Van Donge
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October 24 |
Court Reform Proposals |
Clark Colohan & Don Schact |
October 31 |
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NOTE: All performers are volunteers.
Programs subject to change without notice.
Call ahead to confirm appearances.
Interested in participating?
There are many characters ... men, women, and children ...
of the Walla Walla region's past whose stories currently go untold.
Join the fun and contribute to heritage,
committing to only a few hours each season.
Call (509) 525-7703 or email info@fortwallawallamuseum.org for more information.
Musicians interested in playing popular 19th century music with The Oregon Trail Band are also encouraged to
contact the Museum
Some members of the Living History Company are available for off-site presentations for a nominal fee (which helps to secure props, equipment and clothing for the Company). Contact the Museum at (509) 525-7703 or info@fortwallawallamuseum.org.for more information.
Opportunities are available to support the Living History Company and many other facets of the Museum. You can help present the past to future generations by clicking DONATE NOW and specifying your area of interest. For more information contact the Museum
at (509) 525-7703 or email info@fortwallawallamuseum.org.
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