Olympia Light & Power Company
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- Dec 31, 1891Olympia’s Booster Year: Brick, Bridges and a 50,000-Person PromiseAs 1891 closed, the capital city counted $3 million in new buildings, a record bridge, electric lights and new rail lines — and predicted 50,000 residents within a decade.Olympia, WA
- Jan 6, 1892The Streetcar Company That Asked Olympia for Land—and Promised the Moon by July 4In 1892, the Olympia Light & Power Company pitched an electric railway to Tumwater as a bargain for landowners: donate a strip or an acre, and watch city-limit land double in value. The trust deed gave them until Independence Day to make it real.Olympia, WA
- Jan 14, 1892The Streetcar That Would Wake Olympia: A $250,000 Bet on Electric Rails to Tumwater FallsOlympia's gas and electric companies merge, buy up the Deschutes waterfalls, and float gold bonds to run the first electric cars between town and Tumwater.Olympia, WA
- Mar 24, 1892Olympia’s Main Street to be Ripped Up for Electric RailsA long-standing conflict between local transit companies is resolved, clearing the way for new track construction and pole installation.Olympia, WA
- May 11, 1904The Olympia Bear EscapeA dangerous confrontation unfolds in Olympia when an employee of the local power company is mauled while attempting to recapture escaped bears.Olympia, WA