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  • 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
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March 7, 2022

Toone James family – 3/6/22

Looking Back - Images from page 2 of the Sunday OlympianBy Olympia Historical SocietyMarch 7, 2022

Pictured here is the James family, including father Toone James (Chinese name approximates to Gim Dune), his wife Nettie Chiang and their five children. Most Chinese in Olympia at the time were from Toisan in southern China. They tended oyster beds, worked in canneries, businesses, and restaurants.  Son Walter James later opened the landmark Nankin…

Children of Joseph Conner – 2/20/22

Looking Back - Images from page 2 of the Sunday OlympianBy Olympia Historical SocietyMarch 7, 2022

Joseph Conner and his family arrived in Thurston County in 1852, the peak year of the Oregon Trail migration. The family settled in what is now Lacey. Joseph was killed in the Puget Sound War of 1855-1856. Pictured here are his four children, Milton, Alice, Jane, and Martha, in a studio photograph taken in the…

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