TThroughout 2023 the Sunday Olympian’s Looking Back theme was origins of area place names. The source of Lacey, Washington’s, name has never been definitively established. However, it is thought to originate from Oliver C. Lacey, an Olympia real estate developer and attorney. He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1893 but was not popular and did not win reappointment. Soon after, he abandoned his wife, returning to his home state, Virginia, only a few years after his arrival here.
Morning Olympian drawing, August 18, 1893
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympia 2023