Marcus Whitman
(1802–1847)
American Presbyterian missionary to the Oregon Country; was widely, but inaccurately, credited with "saving" Oregon to the United States; murder of him, his wife, and several others in 1847 sparked the Cayuse War.

Works

Works about Whitman

41st U.S. Congress: Senate Executive Document No. 37:

In The Californian (1880s magazine):

  • Eells: Marcus Whitman, M.D.: Proofs of his Work in Saving Oregon to the United States and in promoting the immigration of 1843 (transcription project) (1883, 42 pp)
  • Victor in Oregonian Nov. 6, 1884 (transcription project)
  • Oregonian (unsigned editorial on 50th anniversary of assassination) (external scan) (1897)
  • "Whitman Day" feature piece, Oregonian (1897) (external scan)

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