Throughout 2023 the Sunday Olympian’s Looking Back theme was origins of area place names. Trosper Road in Tumwater was named for the Trosper family. The John Samuel and Mary (Conger) Trosper family, pictured here, arrived here from Kansas in 1892. Along with other area residents, they built the first county dirt and gravel road between Tumwater and Black Lake. Their descendants continue to reside on the remaining homestead property.
Photo Courtesy Don Trosper
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2023