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  • Home
  • The Society & Museum
    • About Us
    • Land Acknowledgement Statement
    • Board
    • Strategic Plan
    • 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
      • Abbreviations and Keys
      • 1884
      • 1891
      • 1908
      • 1924 and 1947
    • Sylvester’s Window
    • Many Voices – 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

Priest Point Park

Pastimes – Fun with friends

Bigelow Photo CollectionBy Olympia Historical SocietyOctober 29, 2021

The Bigelow children enjoyed a wide variety of friends and social activities. The images on this page show some of the many get-togethers they experienced as young adults in the early 20th century.  Digitization and posting of these images from the Bigelow House Collection funded through the Pendleton & Elisabeth Carey Miller Charitable Foundation. ©Bigelow…

Olsen and Fenske: The History and Memories of Priest Point Park

ArticlesBy Olympia Historical SocietyJune 10, 2009

  By Winnifred Olsen and Lois Fenske History Priest Point Park, located about a mile north of downtown Olympia, has a colorful history. The forested area and beach were once the site of an Indian village. Then came the European and American explorers, fur trappers and American settlers in 1845 and 1846. In 1848 an…

Echtle: Olympia’s Backyard: The History of Priest Point Park

ArticlesBy Olympia Historical SocietyMay 4, 2009

By Edward Echtle 2005 marks the 100th anniversary of the designation of Priest Point as an official Olympia city park, although residents and visitors used the area as a site for outdoor recreation since the 1800s. Prior to that, Priest Point was across roads of regional history, hosting generations of native peoples, early missionaries, itinerant…

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