In 1891, the Olympia Tribune published a souvenir issue, consisting of 22 bound pages that were printed and bound at the State Printing Office. The issue contained information on the…
Olympia, the Capital of the State of Washington By Allen Weir The Washington Historian, 2:3 (April, 1901), 107-111. Some one has said that “God made the country and man made…
The Journal of Levi Lathrop Smith, 1847 – 1848Edited by James Robert Tannis [full text of the diary follows Tannis’ preface] [Transcribed 2003 by Roger Easton. Note: Excerpted text…
EDMUND SYLVESTER’S NARRATIVE OF THE FOUNDING OF OLYMPIA Pacific Northwest Quarterly, v. 36, (October 1945) 331-339. [Transcribed verbatim, including errors, by Ed Echtle and Roger Easton, 2003. Text in…
Captain Doane’s Oyster Pan Roast By Goldie Robertson Funk Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 43 (April 1952) 154-157. WHEN GOVERNORS and judges, legislators and lobbyists of the Northwest are but…
The Olympia Narrow Gauge Railroad By William Winlock Miller Vol 16 No 4 (October 1925): 243-250 p243 For a period of five years, from 1869 to 1874, the most…
The Old Stevens Mansion By Kate Stevens Bates Washington Historian, Vol 19 No 2 (April 1928), 108-111. p108 In view of the early landscaping of the Capitol grounds at Olympia one naturally…
INDEX From Rogues, Buffoons and Statesmen: The Inside Story of Washington’s Capital City by Gordon Newell Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., 1975. Transcribed for Web, 2002 TRascribed verbatim, including errors. …
Scanned version “So Fair a Dwelling Place”: A History of Olympia and Thurston County Washington By Gordon Newell Olympia: Olympia News Publishing, 1950. Electronically Transcribed 2001. By Edward Echtle Note:…
SOME OF THE EARLY DOCTORS OF OLYMPIA by Dr. T.R. Ingham (Used with permission from Thurston County Historic Commission) 1994 CHARLES McARTHUR Charles E. McArthur was born…
Pioneer Links: A Narrative Of The Establishment Of The Independent Order Of Odd Fellows On The Pacific Coast And A History Of Odd Fellowship In Washington To 1880,…
History of Olympia Lodge No. 1, F. & A. M.Olympia, Washington 1852–1935. George E. Blankenship, Compiler Olympia, Washington FOREWORD It is deemed advisable in compiling a history of…
Lights and Shades of Pioneer Life on Puget Sound, By A Native Son George E. Blankenship Transcribed by Roger Easton Transcriber’s notes: Lights And Shades of Pioneer Life on Puget…
This bibliography lists books, articles, and transcripts relating to Olympia area history. Many are also available on line, either housed on our website or externally, and links will be underlined. External links (those…
