Olympia and Thurston County, WA.:
History Pages
This section serves as the gateway to my web-publishing projects on area history. Feel free to look around, your comments are appreciated!
Area History
- Thurston County Place Names
- Petition to Establish Thurston County
- Thurston County History Timeline
- Thurston County Pioneer Settlers
- Western WA Pioneer Biographies Index
- Fire Service in Olympia: Time Line and Roster
- Business Houses of Olympia and their Proprietors, 1890
- Marriage Certificates, Thurston Co.
- 1872 Puget Sound Business Directory and guide to Washington Territory, Murphy and Harned, Olympia.
Full Text Articles and Books Online
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- Bates, Kate Stevens. "The Old Stevens Mansion."
- Bigelow, Daniel Richardson, "The Bigelow Diary 1848-1853", Preface and transcription by Roger Easton. A short biography is also available.
- Blankenship, George E. History of Olympia Lodge no. 1, F. & A. M., Washington jurisdiction, from the time of its application to Oregon Grand Lodge for charter in 1852
- Blankenship, George E. Lights and Shades of Pioneer Life on Puget Sound(pdf)
- Chambers, Andrew Jackson, Recollections(pdf)
- Denny, Arthur. Pioneer Days on Puget Sound.
- Funk, Goldie Robertson. "Captain Doane and His Oyster Pan Roast"
- Holmes, H. E., PGM. 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
- Ingham, Dr. T.R. Some Early Doctors of Olympia
- Miller, William Winlock "The Olympia Narrow Guage Railroad"
- Murphy, John Miller. Mere Mention: Column from the Washington Standard, 1889
- Murphy, John Miller. Olympia the Beautiful: Article from The Coast, April 1903, transcribed and footnoted by Roger Easton
- Newell, Gordon R. Rogues, Buffoons & Statesmen [Index Only]
- Newell, Gordon R. So Fair a Dwelling Place: A History of Olympia and Thurston County, Washington.
- Payne, Elias J., Father of Priest Point Park, Talcott, G.N. Olympia Recorder, February 10, 1922
- Rathbun, J. C. History of Thurston County, Washington.
- Smith, Levi Lathrop: Journal of, 1847-1848: Diary of very early settler in Olympia Pacific Northwest Quarterly, October, 1952, edited by James Robert Tanis.
- Sylvester, Edmund "Edmund Sylvester's Narrative of the Founding of Olympia"
- Weir, Allen. "Olympia, The Capital of the State of Washington"
For a more extensive bibliography of works relating to Olympia history CLICK HERE
ArchivesLinks
- The Olympia Historical Society
- Olympia and Thurston County History Links
- Washington State Historical Society