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You have to look pretty hard to find the William Winlock Miller sign at OHS
nowadays. It’s in the back parking lot.

Kainber, Jim. (2007) Olympia High School. San Francisco: Arcadia Publishing.
OHS History.
Retrieved from www.olympiahighalumni.com/ohs-history
William Winlock Miller.
Retrieved from olympiahistory.org/william-winlock-miller/

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William Winlock Miller was an early Oly pioneer
Got here 1851, he was not rich (no, he was not)
Olympia’s firstest mayor (Number 1)
He would become really rich (he had millions)
Billy boy, he was a player

He had a couple newspapers (two),
but mostly had a lot of land (got rich from land)
William was a power broker in our old town (respected)
When he died, his wife she gave (Mary) a plot of land to build a school
(one condition)
If forever that school bore his name

Olympia High school opened 1907
1910, it burnt down to the ground

1912, a new one opened (new school) across the street on Capitol Way
(quite nice)
Stayed there until 1961 (thirty-nine years)
A new school opened up on North Street (smoking pond)
On the Cloverfield Farms Dairy land (no more cows)
William Winlock Miller remains there today

Olympia HS opened 1907
It’s moved a couple times, once it burned down
123 years of educating students
Mary Margaret Miller would be proud

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from Olympia - A True Story, released October 14, 2022
The True Olympians

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Tom Dyer and The True Olympians Olympia, Washington

The True Olympians were formed shortly after Tom Dyer moved back to his hometown Olympia in 2006. Their focus is primarily recording, though they do play yer occasional live show. Current members: Tom - vox, guitar etc,, Gene Tveden- bass, b-vox, Joe Cason - keys, b-vox, Lisa Ceazan- vocals, and Jeff Parkhurst - drums, b-vox. Jeff is the band's 4th drummer. ... more

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