The following is a list of articles that originated with the Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum, with links to the articles on our website. You may also wish to visit our Transcriptions, Bibliography, Residents, Where Are We?, and Bigelow House Museum sections for additional research materials.
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- Echtle, (Re)Discover Bigelow House!
- Goularte, Egbert-Ingham House, Built 1914
- Foutch: Origins of the Olympia Historical Society: part 4
- Kilgannon: Temple Beth Hatfiloh is 75!
- Echtle, A Brief History of the South Sound Country
- Derricott: Personal Reflections of a Former Newsletter Editor
- Foutch: Origins of the Olympia Historical Society, part 2
- O’Connell: Olympia in Minor League Baseball
- Foutch: Origins of the Olympia Historical Society, part 1
- Echtle: Olympia’s Historic Chinese Community
- Partlow: Meet a Family: The Streets and Partlows of West Olympia
- Munro: Olympia’s African American Trailblazers
- Selected Transcriptions and Images from Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891
- Zindt: Memories of Olympia in the 1920s and 1930s
- Miller and O’Connell: Revisiting Capitol Lake
- Derricott: Judge Lee Creighton
- Derricott, Applied Historiography: Olympia’s Capital Lake
- O’Connell: The Myth of Connection Between Wilder and White and Capitol Lake
- Blankenship: Meet the Yantises and Blankenships
- The Honorable Lee Creighton
- Derricott: Bush Prairie Farm, Then and Now
- Miller: Centennial of the Wilder and White Plan
- Ross: The Loft on Cherry
- Bret: Living with the Pioneers
- Goforth: Home Again in Olympia
- Fenske: Captain Calvin Hale and his house on Tullis Street, a Forgotten Piece of Olympia History
- Olsen and Fenske: The History and Memories of Priest Point Park
- Echtle: Olympia’s Backyard: The History of Priest Point Park