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  • Home
  • The Society & Museum
    • About Us
    • Land Acknowledgement Statement
    • Mission Statement
    • Board
    • OHS-BHM Annual Reports to City Council
    • Strategic Plan
    • OHS & BHM Gerry L. Alexander Award for Outstanding Achievement in Heritage
    • OHS-BHM Vision Statement for Old City Hall & Fire Station
    • OHS-BHM Video/Photo Agreement
    • 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 Streams – 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

October 15, 2017

Columbus Day Storm – 10/15/17

Looking Back - Images from the Sunday OlympianBy Olympia Historical SocietyOctober 15, 2017

The Columbus Day Storm, on October 12, 1962, is considered the most powerful extratropical storm in history. This Daily Olympian photograph, taken at Capitol Lake the day following the storm, shows some of the devastation, which included thousands of uprooted trees and much destruction of property. Photograph selected and captioned by Deborah Ross on behalf…

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