Black Panthers at Legislative Building in 1969
In early 1969, a group of Seattle Black Panthers gathered on the Legislative Building steps in Olympia to protest a law that made it a crime to exhibit firearms “in…
Burmeister Saloon in 1860s
In 1853, Charles Burmeister established one of the earliest saloons in Olympia. It was located on Fourth Avenue and Washington Street, where the State Theater is now. This photograph from…