The Sunday Olympian’s Looking Back theme for 2024 was Many Voices, celebrating our diverse and rich history. Three Bettman brothers, Louis, Moses, and Sig, were members of the first Jewish family to settle in Olympia in 1853. They operated a store at the foot of Main Street (Capitol Way). Pictured here is Louis’s son William Bettman, who took over the business.
unknown photographer, about 1891, 1891 Olympia Tribune Souvenir Edition, Washington State Library
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian 2024