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OLYMPIA , the See also:capital of the See also:state of See also:Washington, U.S.A., and the See also:county-seat of Thurston county, on the See also:Des Chutes See also:river and Budd's Inlet, at the See also:head of See also:Puget See also:Sound, about 50 M.
S.S.W. of See also:Seattle. Pop. (1890) 4698; (1900) 3863, of whom
591 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (191o; U. S. See also:census) 6996. It is
served by the See also:Northern Pacific and the See also:Port Townsend See also:Southern See also:railways, and by steamboat lines to other ports on the Sound and along the Pacific See also:coast. Budd's Inlet is spanned here by a See also:wagon See also:bridge and a railway bridge. Among the prominent buildings are the Capitol, which is constructed of native See also:sand-See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone and stands in a See also:park of considerable beauty, the county See also:court-See also:house, St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter's See also:hospital, the See also:governor's See also:mansion and the See also:city See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall The state library is housed in the Capitol. At Tumwater, the See also:oldest See also:settlement (1845) on Puget Sound, about 2 M. S. of Olympia, are the Tumwater Falls of the Des Chutes, which provide See also:good See also:water See also:power. The city's See also:chief See also:industry is the cutting, sawing and dressing of See also:lumber obtained from the neighbouring forests. Olympia oysters are widely known in the Pacific coast region; they are obtained chiefly from See also:Oyster See also:Bay, Skookum Bay, See also:North Bay and See also:South Bay, all near Olympia. Olympia was laid out in 1851, became the capital of Washington in 1853, and was chartered as a city in 1859.
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