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2 stories matching frontier

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  1. A Sailor’s Memory of the 1841 Fourth of July

    Before Seattle, Tacoma, or Olympia existed, the Wilkes Expedition celebrated Independence Day on the prairies near Fort Nisqually with a roasted ox and brass howitzers.

    Mar 21, 1892The Olympia TribuneFort Nisqually, DuPont, Pierce CountyBoom & Bust

  2. The Ox-Yoke Judge Who Kept Olympia the Capital

    O. C. Hewitt, Lincoln’s chief justice of Washington Territory and the father of Odd Fellowship in the state, died at 82 in East Tumwater after a frontier life that included burying massacre victims, winning a Supreme Court case, and saving Olympia’s capital status.

    Oct 27, 1891The Olympia TribuneEast Tumwater, TumwaterCity Hall

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