The Olympia Historical Society & Bigelow House Museum (OHS & BHM) hosted their 2024 Annual Membership Meeting on Saturday, January 27th at the Olympia Center. At the top of the agenda was a program commemorating the 170th anniversary of the meeting of Washington’s First Territorial Legislature in February, 1854. OHS & BHM Board Members recited…
Jill was born and raised in Aberdeen, Washington and graduated from Weatherwax High School (the historic building that burned down in 2002). She graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in Economics, and followed up with an MBA from Indiana University. Jill’s professional career began at Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem, PA as its first…
Vickie was born in Olympia, the first child of the fourth generation of her family to live in Thurston County. She attended Garfield Elementary, Jefferson and Washington middle schools, and graduated from Olympia High School in 1973. In her senior year she was the Olympia Bear—the first female to serve as the mascot. She is…