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Washington State Property History and Historical Map Resources Guide

Most of our reports include a comprehensive review of historical maps so that we can understand the development history of a property,...

Women Homesteaders of Washington’s Channeled Scablands

In March 2022 Antiquity's Principal Archaeologist Beth Mathews presented a poster titled "Women Homesteaders of Washington’s Channeled...

History at Main & Second, Olympia, WA

Steh-chass Budd Inlet is the traditional territory of the Steh-chass. The Steh-chass village was located on the Olympia peninsula on the...

Olympia's Red-Light District, ca. 1860-1911

As we work towards defining areas of archaeological concern for downtown Olympia, we want to understand the boundaries of Olympia's...

Protection of Archaeological Resources in the City of Olympia and Thurston County

The Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation has records for over 35,000 archaeological sites in Washington...

Black History of Kitsap County and the Multiethnic Puget Mill Company Town, 1860s to 1870s

Esther Mumford's Black Heritage Survey of Washington State (1985:13) identifies at least five instances of involuntary migration...

"A Persistent Menace" Washington Standard, 1 March 1912

Over 100 years later, the gentrification of Olympia has some things in common with the racist tirades issued by John Miller Murphy,...

Olympia’s Dead Zone, 1860 to 1910

Although Olympia’s “Dead Zone” was not a feature of national news, the district was a prominent part of Olympia culture from the 1860s to...

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Western Washington Women Homesteaders: Summary Statistics and Spatial Patterns for Nineteen Counties

In April 2021 Antiquity's Principal Archaeologist Beth Mathews presented a poster titled "Western Washington Women Homesteaders: Summary...