Olympia in 1873 by Emily O. Kimball
Looking Back’s theme for 2026 was Downtown by the Decades. College-educated Emily Olivia Richardson married Unitarian pastor John Calvin Kimball in 1860 and accompanied him to Olympia, Washington Territory in…
Odd Fellows Fire in 1937
Looking Back’s theme for 2026 was Downtown by the Decades. On a frigid day in January 1937, the imposing Odd Fellows Hall, at the southwest corner of Capitol Way and…