Fort Walla Walla Museum's Living Historians bring history to life, portraying real people from Walla Walla's past.
The troupe’s goal is to bring museum exhibits to life, telling visitors dramatic stories about the lives of Walla Wallans and the issues of their day, and allowing guests to question the characters about their lives and times.

Matilda Sager Delaney, born in 1839, was but an orphaned child when the Whitman Mission at Waiilatpu was taken over on November 29, 1846, by Cayuse Indian warriors who were furious about the measles epidemic brought upon their tribe by white settlers.
Many died in the attack, including Matilda’s brother Frank. Matilda was witness to that bloody day and was taken as a hostage until ransomed by the Hudson’s Bay Company. But her life of hardship had just begun. She returned after three marriages to the Whitman site to honor the 50th observance of the bloodshed at Wailatpu in 1897.