Location: 416 State Ave NE Transportation Acme Fuel Co building, 1964, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Acme Fuel Co building today (2015), photo by Deb Ross The Acme Fuel Company was founded in 1925 by the Springer Mill Company as a way to sell off their waste wood products to homes for heating needs. They soon…
Location: 2319 Water St SW South Capitol National Historic Neighborhood; Diversity: Scandinavians Karl Anderson House, 1946, Thurston County Assessor, Southwest Regional Archives Karl Anderson House today (2015), photo by Deb Ross Karl Anderson was the fifth of the seven Anderson brothers to arrive in Olympia from Sweden to help establish the Tumwater Lumber Mills. Unlike his brother Ossian, he did…
