In 1962, Sacramento, California’s Camelia Queen Carole Cottrell visited Olympia, Sacramento’s sister city. Bert Cole, State Land Commissioner and Jim Leader, Olympia’s Ambassador of Friendship, presented Carole with a deed to Capitol Lake, provided she could carry it away with her. Shortly after, several Sacramento citizens arrived and were presented with jars of water from the lake to take home with them.
Daily Olympian photograph, June 1962, State Capital Museum Collection, Washington State Historical Society, catalog C1986.43.62.6.18.1.1
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2017