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Deschutes River, Tumwater, Washington

at the head of Tumwater Falls

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Tumwater Falls

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View from above of Tumwater Falls

The same waterfall from the old Olympia Beer labels

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Upper Tumwater Falls

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South Sound Places

South Sound Places : a Guide to Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater & Thurston County / by Nancy Patterson. 1st ed. Olympia, Wash. : Four Seasons Pub., 1993.

Nancy asked me to illustrate the chapter headings, which were then compiled into a grid for the cover.

Some of the subjects on the cover include:

Samuel Thurston. I agree with the notion Thurston County should be renamed McLoughlin County after Dr. John McLoughlin.

The Legislative Building on the Capitol Campus.

The Old Capitol Building.

The Evergreen State College.

Mount Rainier, which I can see from my office window on clear days.

Tumwater Falls. Most famously known as being on the label of Olympia Beer. A fellow high school classmate of mine once swam behind the falls and grooved out in a cave behind the water. He was back there long enough for rescue teams to start forming, wondering what happened to him. I attended Olympia High School, just a few blocks away from the brewery. The Oly Brew work whistle and the smell of hops on hot days was part of our high school experience.