More Research- Tumwater Pioneers

Books, CDs, Videos:

7^th grade and up:

• The George Washington Bush Reader, compiled by Gary Fuller Reese

• "Reminiscences of John Minto" in the
  Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society,  1901:
  pp. 119-167, 210–254.
  (Available in the Washington State Library’s Northwest Room.)

• Told by the Pioneers, by the Washington Pioneer Project?
  (available at Timberland Regional Library and the
  Washington State Library’s Northwest Room)

• The Founding of Tumwater by Don Trosper
  (The History of Tumwater vol. 1)
  Available for purchase at the Henderson House Museum.

Web sites:

• Olympia Genealogical Society
  http://www.rootsweb.com/~waogs/

• Thurston County Genealogy
  http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wa/thurston/thurston.htm

• Thurston County Cemetery transcriptions http://rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wa/cemetery/thurscem.htm

• Rootsweb
  www.rootsweb.com
  

Museums and Historic Sites:

• George Bush kiosk
  Old Highway 99
  Tumwater, Washington

• Historic Crosby House
  703 Deschutes Way
  Tumwater, Washington 98501
  (360) 943-9884

• Henderson House Museum
  602 Deschutes Way
  Tumwater, Washington 98501
  (360) 754-4163

• Pioneer Monument
  Tumwater Falls Park
  Deschutes Way
  Tumwater, Washington

• Union and Pioneer Calvary Cemetery
  Littlerock Road
  Tumwater, Washington

• The Meeker Mansion
  312 Spring Street
  Puyallup, Washington 98372
  (253) 848-1770
  www.meekermansion.org

• Bigelow House Museum
  918 Glass Avenue
  Olympia, Washington 98506
  (360) 753-1215

• Lacey Museum
  829 1/2 Lacey Street SE
  Lacey, Washington 98503
  (360) 943-9884