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  • Home
  • The Society & Museum
    • About Us
    • Land Acknowledgement Statement
    • Mission Statement
    • Board
    • OHS-BHM Annual Reports to City Council
    • Strategic Plan
    • OHS & BHM Gerry L. Alexander Award for Outstanding Achievement in Heritage
    • OHS-BHM Vision Statement for Old City Hall & Fire Station
    • OHS-BHM Video/Photo Agreement
    • Membership
    • Contact Us
    • Get Involved!
  • Research Olympia history
    • Resources
      • Bibliography
      • Geographic Resources
      • Photos and films
      • Links
    • Where Are We? Historic and heritage sites
      • Interactive Map
      • Where Are We? Contents
    • Who are we? Area residents 1845-1930
    • The Sanborn Overlays – Introduction
      • The Sanborn Overlays – Instructions and Tips
      • 1884
      • 1891
      • 1908
      • 1924 and 1947
    • Sylvester’s Window
    • Many Streams – A Resource Guide
    • Queries
  • Bigelow House Museum
    • The Story of the Bigelow House
    • Bigelow House Photograph Collection
    • Meet the Bigelow Family
    • Visitor Information
    • Volunteer
  • Calendar of Events

Olympia

Selected Transcriptions and Images from Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891

Articles, TranscriptionsBy Olympia Historical SocietyFebruary 17, 2012

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…

Weir: Olympia, The Capital

TranscriptionsBy Olympia Historical SocietyDecember 16, 2009

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…

Tannis: Journal of Levi Lathrop Smith

TranscriptionsBy Olympia Historical SocietyDecember 16, 2009

  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…

Sylvester Narrative of the Founding of Olympia

TranscriptionsBy Olympia Historical SocietyDecember 15, 2009

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…

Funk: Doane’s Oyster Pan Roast

TranscriptionsBy Olympia Historical SocietyDecember 14, 2009

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…

Miller, Olympia Narrow Gauge Railroad

TranscriptionsBy Olympia Historical SocietyDecember 14, 2009

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…

Bates, Kate Stevens: The Old Stevens Mansion

TranscriptionsBy Olympia Historical SocietyDecember 13, 2009

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…

Newell: Rogues, Buffoons and Statesmen (Index)

TranscriptionsBy Olympia Historical SocietyDecember 13, 2009

  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. …

Newell: So Fair a Dwelling Place

TranscriptionsBy Olympia Historical SocietyDecember 13, 2009

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:…

Ingham: Early Doctors of Olympia

TranscriptionsBy Olympia Historical SocietyDecember 13, 2009

  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…

Holmes: Narrative of the Establishment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows

TranscriptionsBy Olympia Historical SocietyDecember 13, 2009

    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,…

Blankenship: History of Olympia Lodge No. 1, F&AM

TranscriptionsBy Olympia Historical SocietyDecember 13, 2009

  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…

Blankenship: Lights and Shades of Pioneer Life

TranscriptionsBy Olympia Historical SocietyDecember 13, 2009

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…

Bibliography – Books, Transcripts, and Articles

UncategorizedBy Olympia Historical SocietyNovember 18, 2009

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…

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