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  • Home
  • The Society & Museum
    • About Us
    • Land Acknowledgement Statement
    • Board
    • OHS-BHM Annual Reports to City Council
    • Strategic Plan
    • OHS-BHM Annual Awards for Excellence in Heritage
    • Membership
    • Contact Us
    • Get Involved!
  • Research Olympia history
    • Resources
      • Bibliography
      • Geographic Resources
      • Photos and films
      • Links
    • Where Are We? Historic and heritage sites
      • Interactive Map
      • Where Are We? Contents
    • Who are we? Area residents 1845-1930
    • The Sanborn Overlays – Introduction
      • The Sanborn Overlays – Instructions and Tips
      • 1884
      • 1891
      • 1908
      • 1924 and 1947
    • Sylvester’s Window
    • Many Voices – A Resource Guide
    • Queries
  • Bigelow House Museum
    • The Story of the Bigelow House
    • Bigelow House Photograph Collection
    • Meet the Bigelow Family
    • Visitor Information
    • Volunteer
  • Calendar of Events

April 27, 2012

Partlow: Meet a Family: The Streets and Partlows of West Olympia

Articles, Summer 2012By Olympia Historical SocietyApril 27, 2012

Written by Janet Partlow, a descendant of the Streets and Partlow families Ralph Raymond Streets was born in Brockville, Ontario (on the St. Lawrence seaway) in 1870.  His father John Streets had emigrated to Canada in 1865 from Lincolnshire, England.  John was a shoemaker, and taught the trade to his son, but Ralph had bigger…

Summer 2012 Newsletter: Table of Contents

Summer 2012By Olympia Historical SocietyApril 27, 2012

President’s Message Mark Foutch Olympia’s African American Pioneers Ralph Munro Meet a Family:The Streets and Partlows Nancy Partlow Lanny’s and Deb’s Excellent Adventures in Tacoma Deb Ross Membership

Munro: Olympia’s African American Trailblazers

Articles, Summer 2012By Olympia Historical SocietyApril 27, 2012

Ralph Munro, Secretary of State   1980-2001 resident of Olympia since 1966 Secretary Munro offered following remarks at a First United Methodist Church in Olympia on January 29, 2012 in recognition of their life’s work to further civil rights in Thurston County. Olympia was a different place in the 1950s, ’60s and early ’70s.  Much smaller:…

Lanny’s and Deb’s Excellent Adventures in Tacoma

Summer 2012By Olympia Historical SocietyApril 27, 2012

This is an ongoing series that reports on Lanny  Weaver’s and Deb Ross’s weekly trips to the Research Center at the Washington State Historical Society to catalogue documents and photographs relating to Olympia and Thurston County. This installment is written by Deb. One of the fun parts of my cataloguing efforts is the opportunity to…

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