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Olympia

Smithfield

Place Type
inhabited place
Description
Located in W Washington at S tip of Puget Sound; named for nearby Olympic Mountains; chosen as capital of Washington Territory in 1853; mainstay of economy is lumber; is an important regional commercial center.
Authority
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Source
AAA: Oregon/Washington (1993); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);

Died

Maury Haseltine (American, 1925-1998)

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