Anne Kilgannon, Secretary In a new history column featured in the online news source ThurstonTalk.com, blogger Emmett O’Connell writes about a little known historic site in downtown Olympia. Now the location of the Olympia community center, in the 1850s Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens had his first office built there near the waterfront and first businesses…
President’s Message Fall 2012 Mark Foutch Olympia Historical Society at Canoe Journey Anne Kilgannon Origins of the Olympia Historical Society Mark Foutch New History Blogs That Inform and Inspire Anne Kilgannon The Olympia Historical Society Needs You! Tim Ransom
Mark Foutch, President As you all know, one of our Olympia Historical Society’s most dedicated members, Roger Easton, died July 2 after a short illness. This was completely unexpected and sent a shock throughout the entire South Sound historic preservation community. Roger was a retired junior high school teacher, but “retired” certainly did not describe…
