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Olympia Boys: Heroes of Audenarde Battle Tumwater Vigilantes Through Number 8 April 2019 Olympia Boys: Heroes of Audenarde Battle Tumwater Vigilantes Through the Lens at Michigan Hill $5.00 THURSTON COUNTY HISTORICAL JOURNAL The Thurston County Historical Journal is dedicated to recording and celebrating the history of Thurston County. The Journal is published by the Olympia Tumwater Foundation as a joint enterprise with the following entities: City of Lacey, City of Olympia, Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the Pioneers of Washington/Olympia Chapter, Lacey Historical Society, Old Brewhouse Foundation, Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum, South Sound Maritime Heritage Association, South Thurston County Historical Society, Thurston County, Tumwater Historical Association, Yelm Prairie Historical Society, and individual donors. Publisher Editor Olympia Tumwater Foundation Karen L. Johnson John Freedman, Executive Director 360-890-2299 Lee Wojnar, President, Board of Trustees [email protected] 110 Deschutes Parkway SW P.O. Box 4098 Editorial Committee Tumwater, Washington 98501 Drew W. Crooks James S. Hannum 360-943-2550 Erin Quinn Valcho www.olytumfoundation.org Obtaining a Copy of the Journal The Journal does not offer a subscription service. To get your own copy, join one of the her- itage groups listed at the top of this page. These groups donate to the publication of the Journal, and thus receive copies to pass on to their members. Issues are also available for purchase at the Bigelow House Museum, Crosby House Museum, and Lacey Museum. One year after print publication, digital copies are available at www.ci.lacey.wa.us/TCHJ. Submission Guidelines The Journal welcomes factual articles dealing with any aspect of Thurston County history. Please contact the editor before submitting an article to determine its suitability for publica- tion. Articles on previously unexplored topics, new interpretations of well-known topics, and personal recollections are preferred. Articles may range in length from 100 words to 10,000 words, and should include source notes and suggested illustrations. Submitted articles will be reviewed by the editorial committee and, if chosen for publication, will be fact-checked and may be edited for length and content. The Journal regrets that authors cannot be monetarily compensated, but they will gain the gratitude of readers and the historical community for their contributions to and appreciation of local history. Opinions expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of the Olympia Tumwater Foundation Written permission is required to reproduce any part of this publication. Copyright © 2019 by the Olympia Tumwater Foundation. All rights reserved. ISSN 2474-8048 WHO/WHAT/WHERE IS IT? Although this photo is not dated, it Albert Vincent Mead (on roof of cab- was likely taken between 1905 and in). Albert was born in 1900 to Mina 1909. The location of this photo is and Albert E. Mead. He attended also unknown; it could be almost any- Kansas State College, then moved to where on Puget Sound, but is most Olympia where he supervised the utili- likely around Olympia or Bellingham. ties tariff section of the Public Service Whatever the location, the fishing was Commission. He died in 1955, and is good that day! buried in Bellingham. From left to right: Jean McLeod Holloway (identity un- certain). Holloway was born in Canada Captain James Wright McKnight in 1875, and came to Washington Tarte. Tarte was born in England in with her mother in 1880. She worked 1849 and came to Puget Sound in as executive clerk, stenographer, and 1863. He eventually settled in Belling- assistant secretary to Governors ham, and served on various steam- Mead, Cosgrove, and Hay. She mar- boats, including Colfax, Nellie, Addie, ried E. Stimson Holloway in 1914. She Despatch, Eliza Anderson, Evangel, died in 1966, and her ashes are in- and Brick. His last command was on terred in Tumwater. the steamboat Bessie. During that time, he also served as deputy fish Albert Edward Mead. Mead was born commissioner for the state. Tarte died in Kansas in 1861, obtained a law de- in 1933, and is buried in Bellingham. gree, and lived in Iowa and Illinois be- fore moving to Blaine in 1889. He Unidentified man (on roof of cabin). served as mayor of Blaine, a member of the State House of Representatives, Mina Jane Piper Mead. Mrs. Mead and prosecuting attorney of Whatcom was born in Iowa in 1860. When she County, before being elected to the moved to Bellingham, she married Al- governorship in 1905. He served only bert Mead and became stepmother to one term. In 1909, he returned to Bel- Mead’s four children from a previous lingham where he practiced law and marriage. She and Mead had one son was president of the Chamber of Com- of their own. The family lived in Olym- merce. He died in 1913, and is buried pia while Mead was governor. In her in Bellingham. later years, Mrs. Mead was active in the Daughters of the American Revo- Bessie. The Bessie was a small steam- lution and the Young Women’s Chris- boat which served as the official tian Association. She died in 1941, launch of the state fishing commis- and is buried in Bellingham. sion. WHO/WHAT/WHERE IS IT? A ROTATING FEATURE SHOWCASING ARTIFACTS FROM THURSTON COUNTY HERITAGE GROUPS Who were these mariners? Hint: the gentleman on the right was the governor of Washington for one term. Turn to the inside back cover for the answer. Photograph courtesy of the Washington State Archives, AR-07809001-ph004471. Number 8 Table of Contents April 2019 2 Olympia Boys: Heroes of Audenarde Battle Michael M. Wood 18 Tumwater Vigilantes Dennis M. Larsen 34 Through the Lens at Michigan Hill Karen L. Johnson Back Cover Who/What/Where Is It? On the cover: In 1916, the Triangle Film Corporation distributed this poster adver- tising its film Our American Boys in the European War (poster artwork by Victor Tardieu, a French painter, 1870-1937). The film told the story of the American Am- bulance Field Service, and can be viewed on YouTube (search for the film title). Image courtesy of First World War on Film (https://shootingthegreatwar.blogspot .com). See article on page 2. 1 OLYMPIA BOYS: HEROES OF AUDENARDE BATTLE Michael M. Wood Ernest Ruben Mallory was born Octo- ber 16, 1891 in Olympia, Washington, the only son of Henry and Mary Crow- ley Mallory. His father Henry was an early resident of Olympia, having ar- rived in the city in 1889 from his birthplace in Canada. Henry Mallory was a well-known wagon-maker, en- trepreneur and builder who owned in- terests in both the Capital and the Eastside Lumber companies. Before the turn of the century Henry began building homes, at least one of which, built in 1894, still stands today at 1418 Oak Avenue NE in Olympia.1 It was from their own home on the Eastside that the young Ernie Mallory was asked to walk the family cow over to Priest Point Park for grazing—a task he did each day before school. While working for his dad on a construction project in 1907, Ernie had a “miraculous escape from death,” as the front page of the local newspaper reported.2 He and his father were hauling gravel, when the brake-handle of the fully-loaded wagon snapped, throwing Ernie under the wagon's rear wheel—which passed over his chest. Ernest Mallory. Photo by Joseph C. Jef- As the papers reported, he crawled to fers, Olympia; courtesy of the author. the sidewalk and later walked home. Although fatal internal injuries were Dr. Ingram, confirmed Ernie suffered suspected, the attending physician, only a few cracked ribs. 2 He must have received some monies ing by those who could not afford from his work with his father, as on such luxury helped to sell newspapers April 12, 1910, while still attending and keep local tongues wagging with school, Ernie received an automobile the latest gossip. license for a 30-horsepower REO.3 In the eighteen months since the first of It was May 1912 when Ernie graduat- Henry Ford’s $900 Model-T cars rolled ed from school in Olympia, one of 23 from the line, Ford had sold more than men in his class.7 He then attended 10,000 cars and the dream of joining Pierce’s Commercial College in Penn- the “motoring public” had swept the sylvania—at the time, one of the lead- nation like wildfire. The international ing business schools in the country.8 press was outraged at what they saw as folly, calling it a “Motor-Car-Craze,” WAR BEGINS with “a billion dollars” being spent an- nually on the upkeep of such automo- In June 1914, the assassination of biles.4 Archduke Ferdinand of Austria by a Serb nationalist set off a diplomatic Ransom E. Olds had left Oldsmobile in crisis. Austria-Hungary delivered an 1905 to start the REO Motor Car Com- ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia, pany, whose products were being mar- and entangled international alliances keted to an upscale crowd—touting 30 quickly formed. Within weeks the ma- horsepower and claims of a 50 mph jor powers of Europe were at war.9 top speed. The 1910 REO which Ernie licensed carried a $1250 base price (over $33,000 in today’s money), without a top or windshield (which cost $100 extra). This was a high-end vehicle, considering that the average work- er in the U.S. earned $574 a month in 1910.5 When Ernie was ticketed for speed- ing in Olympia, it of course made An advertisement for the REO model which Mallory owned. the press.6 Gloat- Image from Everybody’s Magazine, Volume XXII, 1910.
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