History Talk at the Schmidt House

When:
December 7, 2023 @ 12:00 pm
2023-12-07T12:00:00-08:00
2023-12-07T12:15:00-08:00
Where:
Schmidt House
330 Schmidt Place
Tumwater
Contact:
Olympia Tumwater Foundation

Our December History Talk is titled “Tales from the Crypt”! The Masonic and Odd Fellows’ cemeteries in Tumwater are more than simply the repository of graves; they are the repository of history and stories, more than can be told in one sitting. Noted local historian Dennis Larsen speaks about a few of the more colorful interments: the Tilley family, spanning three generations from an 1852 wagon train to European royalty; Charles Grainger, Chief Leschi’s hangman; Myron Hawley Ranney, a Congressional Medal of Honor winner; Wittington Johnston Sayre and Ann M. Sayre, vigilantes who hanged a sheriff; and James Biles, the alleged ox killer.