As I mentioned last time, the gold rush had brought significant change to Walla Walla including a large proportion of temporary to permanent residents.
This specimen is perhaps the finest piece of smoking paraphernalia you’ve ever laid eyes on. The material is meerschaum, a rare mineral found almost exclusively in a valley in western Turkey.
Welcome to the wonderful history of Whitman and Walla Walla! This blog will feature different objects from the Penrose Archives each week in a discussion of regional and college history. The objects I have chosen this week are symbolic of this inaugural entry of the blog.
