- On the morning of the 28th, therefore, we ran across to Col. Eby’s and camped on the beach under the bluff on which his house is situated. We found him at home looking the pioneer that he was. He wore an old hickory shirt, trousers rent completely across the knees, which had been patched before, and on his head a most shocking bad hat. He entertained us liberally for the three days that we camped near him. Whidby island in its wild state was and still is wonderfully beautiful and rich. The only obstacle to settlement was the absence of water, as there was not a running stream on the island. The whole is over fifty miles long, and raised about 200 feet above sea level.
- We made several excursions on the island. Our hunting was not very successful, as on the prairie the fern, which was as high as a man, obscured the range, and in the timber the fallen trees formed a serious impediment.
- Lacey — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
The City of Lacey is located between the City of Olympia and the Nisqually River in northeastern Thurston County. Originally known as Woodland and also sometimes referred to as Chambers Prairie, the community that became Lacey was founded in 1852 by Isaac Wood (1800-1869). The settlement grew slowly at first, but the 1890s brought increased growth and a new name. In 1891 alone, a train depot and a horse racetrack opened, as did a post office, which was named Lacey. Saint Martin’s College (later University) opened a few years later. By the 1920s the name Woodland had been supplanted. Population and development increased after World War II, and Lacey incorporated as a city on December 5, 1966. Entering the third decade of the twenty-first century Lacey was one of the fastest-growing cities in Thurston County, nearly matching Olympia in population.