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Olympia Historical Society website has a new feature!

Mon, 04/30/2012 - 10:34am — Deb Ross

I'm excited to share a new feature of the Olympia Historical Society's website called "Where are We?" It includes separate pages on locations or buildings of historical interest, along with an interactive map, "then and now" photos, and links. Check it out and let me know what you think, at olyhistory@gmail.com

http://olympiahistory.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=322%3Awelcome-to-qwhere-are-weq&catid=32%3Awhere-are-we&Itemid=50

Comments

Mon, 04/30/2012 - 5:27pm — stevenl

This is terrific!

What a wonderful resource. I hope this project continues to grow. Nice work! I learned quite a bit from this effort.

What I would like to see:

Where was Bill Greenwood's Ark on the Westside?

Where was Levi Smith's cabin? And where is his grave?

I have never been entirely sure exactly where the wooden Territorial Legislative Building stood on the current Cap Campus. Somewhere I read it actually resided in the area between the current Legislative Building and the Insurance Building.

The Governor's "Mansion" pre-1909. I know the area around the current WWII memorial was regraded in the 1920s, but where exactly was the dwelling?

What was the streetcar route and do any traces of it remain today?

How about some modern places we local Boomers can connect with, like the Tyee? King's Drive-in? Crystell's? Hutch's Toy Store? The 88 Cents Store? Millers? Sea Mart/Yard Birds? Maybe you could make an image more than two stages, tracing the many incarnations of a place throughout time.

Just some suggestions. This project would be great even if you just stopped now.