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OLYMPIA , the capital of the state of Washington, U.S.A., and the county-seat of Thurston county, on the Des Chutes river and Budd's Inlet, at the head of Puget Sound, about 50 M.S.S.W. of Seattle. Pop. (1890) 4698; (1900) 3863, of whom 591 were foreign-born; (191o; U. S. census) 6996. It is served by the Northern Pacific and the Port Townsend Southern railways, and by steamboat lines to other ports on the Sound and along the Pacific coast. Budd's Inlet is spanned here by a wagon bridge and a railway bridge. Among the prominent buildings are the Capitol, which is constructed of native sand-stone and stands in a park of considerable beauty, the county court- house
hospital
governor 's mansion and the city hall
chief
Oyster
capital of Washington in 1853, and was chartered as a city in 1859.End of Article: OLYMPIA If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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