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  • 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
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  • Calendar of Events

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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 from Smith’s Journal entries contains all mispellings, errors, etc. as in the original]   May 17. the Eldest Sow was deliverd of Five Sow pigs.…

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 Sound, was published in limited edition by George E. Blankenship in 1923. In 1972, Shorey’s Book Store in Seattle printed only 100 facsimile editions. Blankenship’s…

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