Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-01-05
EARLY DAYS

The unfoi ,unatr Smith died before the
Ulty MAS even Deguu buI from the records
-: MS thoughts lett uehind iii the shape ol
diary. Ii Is apparent that TIE ueauty amt
Hubiiu!tH oil the sceAt III WhIC.. IL lived
mdde d" constant and deep Impression on
Ills mind. tie seems to have nved alone
ana uetn u III Gamer. In l>,,U, Edmund SyI-
Jester, having succeeded to the title to the
snitn claIln as surviving partner. laid ii
O. INTO town lots ana called il the town ui
olympia. ii N..s Jdsg beginning to grow
e, general store I'D, running and Il few
noGses we're Quit and considerable uctivl,,
began ~ De manifested. Thc brig Orbit
logan making tr.ps bctwtcI. Oily inpI.t and
san Francisco, failing uut lumber anu
hnnsInR hdcn suo,.s.
1HE FIRST STORE
M"a "a shc most primitive character Il
embraced In lta stoyk bU; few articles, and
thUac all necessities. The shelves were
trW ana uI rough boards ANA the counter
MAS Il tali table, sided in with rough plank
ANA "IedriGiiy and wonderfully made
Tie stock consisted of sugar, coffee molas-
scs, Hour. b"ans aud u few bolts OF cheap
caiicus amt domestics. some cheap but
serviceable clothing and beads and trink-
cts for trdt, with the Indians. The advent
OF Mr.. George \. Barnes i'll the fall of
I>'i. wiih a general assortment Of mer-
rhandse. marked a"w era in the COM
mcrcr of Puget Sound. then confined To
this growing mart al the head of this great
Inland SEA. :. short time afIerward. Park
e.. Coulter N Co, \. j. Moses, l.. Beitman
Goldman Il Resrnblatt and Louisson d Co.
c,ianli2ht stores Il large proportion Of
their trade being derived frum the lndians
Several hundred of the aborigipes had per-
manruT habilatiun Oh Chinook Street aow
hnuMu - folumula, the central wigwsul
being about where the Carlton House now
stands. In 1859.
THE FIRST SCHOOL.
1t Olympia was taught by \. W Moore
apI regular services were held sundays 10y
Rev Beniamln CLOSE. In February, 1851.
congress established the Puget Sound Col
lection District with the Cunstom House
IL Oympia-S,mpson ? M0ses, collector
in iti. If she ,amr year the first mail
route MAS established with "A weekly ierY-
zee and \ T. Rabbeson as contractor
Shnrliy afterwards \ u. Stuart established
al cAprpSs route with terminal points at
Portland aud olympia, Thl4 was after
ward. maintained by Parker Coulter u
Co.. ana subsequently, by tunrlea &! Will
Jams. The Columbia was
THE FIRST NEWSPAPER
Published in this place. by }. W. Wiley amt
/. F. McElrov. 1t was printed on a Ramagc
press tutmctiy used by the 0regonian and
he Alta. when the? had donned the robes
of infancy
THE FIRST LEGISLATrRU
Went IN thNInpt,. ih lauuary 1874 tthe bill
s'greEai.ng the district north of the Co
lumhia river fr0m Oregon. and forming OF
il The Territory If Washington. having
liceE pssaod by tonsreas March ), 1882.
and located the capital at this city. on \
t-n-hcfc tract donated by the town pro-
pr!etor, Edmund Sylvester. In 1853 the
few hundred residents of Olympia were
subject To infinite peril from
HOSTILE SAVAGES.
WIN Wbl,. had lren killed on Chambers
prairie. AMI The few settlers had either
taken refuge in blockh houses or came 10
this villuge tor the protection which num-