Beth MathewsMay 14, 20217 minHistory at Main & Second, Olympia, WASteh-chass Budd Inlet is the traditional territory of the Steh-chass. The Steh-chass village was located on the Olympia peninsula on the...
Beth MathewsMay 12, 20213 minOlympia's Red-Light District, ca. 1860-1911As we work towards defining areas of archaeological concern for downtown Olympia, we want to understand the boundaries of Olympia's...
Beth MathewsMay 10, 20214 minProtection of Archaeological Resources in the City of Olympia and Thurston CountyThe Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation has records for over 35,000 archaeological sites in Washington...
Beth MathewsMay 10, 20213 minBlack History of Kitsap County and the Multiethnic Puget Mill Company Town, 1860s to 1870sEsther Mumford's Black Heritage Survey of Washington State (1985:13) identifies at least five instances of involuntary migration...
Beth MathewsMay 8, 20213 min"A Persistent Menace" Washington Standard, 1 March 1912Over 100 years later, the gentrification of Olympia has some things in common with the racist tirades issued by John Miller Murphy,...
Beth MathewsMay 8, 20214 minOlympia’s Dead Zone, 1860 to 1910Although Olympia’s “Dead Zone” was not a feature of national news, the district was a prominent part of Olympia culture from the 1860s to...
Beth MathewsMay 6, 20212 minWestern Washington Women Homesteaders: Summary Statistics and Spatial Patterns for Nineteen CountiesIn April 2021 Antiquity's Principal Archaeologist Beth Mathews presented a poster titled "Western Washington Women Homesteaders: Summary...