On this website
Walking Tours
Black Pioneers (downloaded from City of Olympia’s former web content)
Labor History Walking Tour (downloaded from City of Olympia’s former web content)
Gay and Lesbian History walking tour (courtesy DeDanaan and McKinley)
Olympia Women’s Suffrage Trail
See also City of Olympia Walking Tours, below
Interactive Maps
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
Thurston County Markers, published by POSSCA and captured to this website
External links
- Washington Legacy Project: Bird’s Eye View of Olympia, 1879
- City of Olympia: Heritage map and links to neighborhood walking tours
- 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
- Thurston Regional Planning Commission Historic Properties interactive map (Legacy map, not updated)
- What Was There: Historical photos superimposed on modern street views
- 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)