This early photograph shows the Livery Stable operated by Moses Rice Tilley. Established in the 1860s, it was the first stagecoach and livery (carriage rental) business in Olympia, at the northwest corner of State and Capitol (current site of the Old City Hall and Fire Station).
Unknown photographer, 1800s, Susan Parish Collection, Southwest Regional Archives, AR20090812-ph008455
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