| Tumwater Contributor(s): Lockman, Heather (Author), Wulfsberg, Carla (Author), City of Tumwater's Henderson House Museu (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738581275 ISBN-13: 9780738581279 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest (or, Wa) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 979.7 |
| LCCN: 2010926134 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.5" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Washington |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The phrase It s the water, adopted by Tumwater s own Olympia Brewing Company, could have been coined for the town itself. In 1845, the first American settlers on Puget Sound founded a village at the falls of the Deschutes River, drawn by the river s potential for powering mills and factories. They christened the place New Market, though the town soon changed its name to Tumwater, a phrase meaning noisy water in the language used between settlers and Indians. Though the age of water power lasted only a few more decades, Tumwater later struck gold with a different sort of water: pure artesian springs that were perfect for brewing beer. The Olympia Brewing Company, built by German brewmaster Leopold Schmidt, produced its first beer in 1896. For more than a century, Schmidt s brewery dominated the little town at the falls. In spite of tremendous changes during the past few decades, modern Tumwater still takes pride in its Northwest pioneer heritage and its beer-brewing past." |
Contributor Bio(s): Lockman, Heather: - Author Heather Lockman writes about history and historic preservation from a restored craftsman bungalow within a mile of Tumwater Falls. Coauthor Carla Wulfsberg has managed the City of Tumwater s historical program at the Henderson House Museum since 1996. The majority of the images in this volume were drawn from the more than 1,500 historic photographs in the Henderson House Museum collection. |