This photo was taken in the late 1800s from the west side of Olympia. In the foreground is the elegant Percival Mansion. Below it is the Fourth Avenue Bridge that crossed the wide Deschutes Estuary, leading to downtown Olympia. The railroad track, with its depot at far left, linked Olympia to Tenino and access to the Northern Pacific Railroad.
photo late 1800s, Courtesy State Capital Museum collection, Washington State Historical Society, catalog C1950.1301.22.1
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2022