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1959 Map of East Olympia

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of East Olympia
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1969
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1969

About this map

The Deschutes River and a complex web of Pacific Northwest rail lines define this landscape south of the state capital during the late 1950s and 1960s. The settlement of East Olympia serves as a central hub where the Union Pacific Railroad and Great Northern Railroad converge on the flat expanses of Chambers Prairie. Further south, the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad cuts through Rocky Prairie, meeting the other lines at Western Junction.

Notable water bodies like Offutt Lake and Patterson Lake anchor the region's recreational geography, while the eastern edge is dominated by the Fort Lewis Military Reservation. Small crossroads and rural settlements such as Fir Tree and Kellys Korner appear alongside family-named roads like Rixe Road and Stedman Road, providing rich detail for those tracing the development of Thurston County's timber and rail-dependent rural infrastructure.