Tumwater Treasure Hunt

When:
September 21, 2017 @ 11:30 am
2017-09-21T11:30:00-07:00
2017-09-21T12:00:00-07:00
Where:
Schmidt House
330 Schmidt Pl SW
Tumwater, WA 98501
USA

The pictorial presentation will include many articles taken from old newspapers from the 1800s and early 1900s, such as the Morning Olympian, the Weekly Echo, the Washington Standard, and the Pioneer and Democrat.  The talk will cover many topics such as early Tumwater business and political leaders, famous visitors to Tumwater, early fish ladder construction on the Deschutes, some Schmidt family memories, the building of the Carlyon (Totem Pole) bridge, and unique stories regarding a local saloon keeper getting into a fight with the streetcar conductor and the one-legged scam artist whose scheme was thwarted by Frank Kenney of the Olympia Brewery.

Doors will close as capacity is reached.

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