330 Schmidt Place Southwest
Tumwater, WA 98501
USA
2015 Speaker List for Monthly History Talks at Schmidt House (Thursdays at Noon Hour)
January 15 – Peter Schmidt Jr. “Growing Up in Tumwater”…his childhood memories – POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS
January 15 New Speaker – Don Trosper “The Impact of the Schmidt Family Upon Tumwater and Olympia”…an overview of family history with the brewery
February 19- Karen Johnson “Through the Bowels of the Land: the Cowlitz Trail from the Columbia River to Puget Sound”.
March 19 – Drew Crooks “The Hudson Bay Company and Transition from British to American Control” …. A noted local historian
April 16 – Andy Skinnner “Lewis County History” …. He is the director of the Lewis County Historical Museum in Chehalis
May 21 – Ray Eagan “Portraying Ezra Meeker Through Drama” …. Ezra’s Memories of Tumwater and Olympia people mid-late 1800’s
June 18 – Dick Pust “the History of Local Radio” …. With stories and insights into the History of one of the oldest stations in the country: KGY.
