On this website
Walking Tours
Unless indicated, these are City of Olympia and neighborhood-sponsored walking tours and brochures, scanned to this website. Note: some of these are out of date and should be relied on with caution. Most places on these brochures can also be found in our Where Are We?
Bigelow Neighborhood
Black pioneers
Chinese in Olympia
Gay and Lesbian History walking tour (courtesy Llyn DeDanaan and Carol McKinley)
Heritage Trees (created by Devon Damonte, posted by permission)
Labor History Walking Tour
Olympia Avenue
Olympia Women’s Suffrage Trail, Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House museum through a grant from Votes for Women Centennial
South Capitol (South Capitol Neighborhood Association Publication)
South Capitol (City of Olympia publication, 1992)
Southeast Neighborhood, City of Olympia brochure scanned to this website
Transportation
Victorian homes and places
Westside
Women in Olympia
See also City of Olympia Walking Tours on the City’s website, below
Interactive Maps on Our Website
Bernice Sapp, Olympia 100 Years ago, with interactive map by Ed Echtle
Sanborn Overlays
Where Are We? heritage and historic locations
Other Maps and Geographic Content
Sylvester’s Window Project
Thurston County Place Names, published by Thurston County and captured to this website (many place names out of date)
Thurston County Markers, published by POSSCA and captured to this website (many markers and places out of date)
External links
- Washington Legacy Project: Bird’s Eye View of Olympia, 1879 (download as JPEG for zoomable view); same map can also be viewed and zoomed directly from Library of Congress
- City of Olympia: Heritage map and links to neighborhood walking tours (Southeast brochure was incomplete, use link above; Eastide only partially available, no known copy available)
- City of Olympia Women’s History Walking Tour
- Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation: WISAARD interactive map and database
- Findagrave: Thurston County Cemeteries
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, available through Library of Congress. See also Sanborn Overlay Project above
- Tacoma Public Library Northwest Room: Washington Place Names Database
- Thurston County Courthouses through history, an interactive Storymap
- Olympia Labor History
- Olympia Oyster Industry History
- Olympia’s Hidden Histories, a project of students at The Evergreen State College
- Washington State Digital Archives, select Maps as the collection and then enter key word (e.g., Olympia)