Alice Whitman Chapter, NSDAR, History
In 1912, Miss Anna Webster Lytle, the Dean of Women at the Lewiston State Normal School, was appointed to organize a chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Lewiston, Idaho. But it was not until May 26, 1918, that Miss Marguerite Tyler, acting for Mrs. George Tannahill, nee Anna Lytle, organized the chapter.
A meeting was held at Lewis Hall on the Lewiston State Normal School campus. Alice Whitman Chapter, NSDAR, was the name chosen in honor of four charter members who were grand-nieces of Dr. Marcus Whitman. Dr. Whitman's wife, Narcissa Prentiss, and Eliza Hart, wife of fellow missionary Henry Spalding, were the first white women to cross the Rocky Mountains. On her 29th birthday (March 14, 1837), Narcissa gave birth to Alice, who was the only child of Dr. and Mrs. Whitman. Alice was called the "Little White Cayuse Queen." Miners and trappers often walked many miles to get a glimpse of her baby's beauty. On June 23, 1839, Alice, only two years of age, went to the creek with two cups to carry water for dinner, fell in, and drowned.
On May 11, 1919, the National Society granted a charter to Alice Whitman Chapter, NSDAR, inscribed with seventeen names.
Adapted from History and Register 1904 - 1934, Idaho State Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
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A meeting was held at Lewis Hall on the Lewiston State Normal School campus. Alice Whitman Chapter, NSDAR, was the name chosen in honor of four charter members who were grand-nieces of Dr. Marcus Whitman. Dr. Whitman's wife, Narcissa Prentiss, and Eliza Hart, wife of fellow missionary Henry Spalding, were the first white women to cross the Rocky Mountains. On her 29th birthday (March 14, 1837), Narcissa gave birth to Alice, who was the only child of Dr. and Mrs. Whitman. Alice was called the "Little White Cayuse Queen." Miners and trappers often walked many miles to get a glimpse of her baby's beauty. On June 23, 1839, Alice, only two years of age, went to the creek with two cups to carry water for dinner, fell in, and drowned.
On May 11, 1919, the National Society granted a charter to Alice Whitman Chapter, NSDAR, inscribed with seventeen names.
Adapted from History and Register 1904 - 1934, Idaho State Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
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The content contained herein does not necessarily represent the position of the NSDAR. Hyperlinks to other sites are not the responsibility of the NSDAR, the state organizations, or individual DAR chapters. This site was last updated on June 9, 2023.
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