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A short time before Washington became a state in 1889, a committee brought an elaborate design for a state seal to Olympia jeweller Charles Talcott and asked him to complete it in time for the meeting of the first Legislature in November of that year.
Mar 1, 2022 · On November 11, 1889, Washington becomes the 42nd state of the United States of America when U.S. President Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) issues a proclamation declaring that its "admission ... into the Union is complete." The news is immediately telegraphed to Olympia, setting off celebrations in the new state's capital, where elected ...
Places & People. Olympia in the 1870s: What the Capital of Washington Looked like Before it was a city. 1.4k Views 1. Olympia was founded as a town in 1859 and it was incorporated as a city in 1882.
- Early History
- Temple of Zeus
- The Olympic Games
- Decline
First inhabited in the second millennium BCE, the first archaeological record of dwellings dates from 1900 to 1600 BCE. The Kronion hill at the site was perhaps the first place of worship, dedicated to Kronos. However, other sacred buildings at the foot of the hill in the sacred grove of wild olive trees, or Altis, indicate other deities were worsh...
The first large building at the famous ancient sanctuary site was the Heraion, a temple dedicated to Hera built around 650-600 BCE. In the 5th century BCE the sanctuary reached its peak of prosperity, and the massive 6 x 13 column Temple of Zeus was completed in 457 BCE in order to house a huge ivory and gold statue of the leader of the Olympian go...
Sporting events were originally associated with funeral rituals, for example, the funeral games instigated by Achilles in honour of Patroklos in Homer's Iliad. Some mythological accounts credit Zeus with beginning the Games to celebrate his victory over Kronos; other accounts state Pelops began them in honour of Oinomaos. In any case, sport, a heal...
With Emperor Theodosios' decree to prohibit all cult practices and pagan festivals, the Games came to an end in 393 CE after a run of 293 Olympics over more than a millennium. The famous sanctuary site gradually fell into decline, was partially destroyed under the decree of emperor Theodosios II in 426 CE, and was taken over by a Christian communit...
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Apr 11, 2003 · Washington state's capitol building was instead influenced by the ideas of New York architect and bon vivant Stanford White (1853-1906). White, setting about in the early 1890s to create a statehouse for tiny Rhode Island, designed a structure with important differences from the national capitol building.
Apr 25, 2023 · The reason Olympia is the capital of Washington is that it was the port of entry for Puget Sound at the time Washington Territory first declared its capital in 1853. Let’s take just a moment to look back at the history of Washington state.
Nov 21, 2023 · When former President Grover Cleveland finally opened the statehood application process again in early 1889, Washington territory delegates gathered in Olympia to draft a state constitution.
