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The Olalla Cemetery was last transcribed by the Puget Sound Genealogical Society
Cemetery Project in March 2010.
The Olalla Pioneer Cemetery sits on a hill over looking a small back bay from
Puget Sound. The entrance to the path leading up to the cemetery is marked by 2 cement poles with a cable strung between them
acting like a gate; they are just east of telephone pole 046642.
Walk around the gate and
turn right on to the path leading up the hill. If it has been raining or it is winter the path can be wet and muddy. Continue
up the path about 300 yards and there is a make shift bridge crossing a very small stream and you will come to another cable
between 2 posts. From this vantage point you are looking in to the cemetery and headstones should be visible.
Unfortunately there has been considerable vandalism and in March 2010 there
were only 41 headstones remaining out of an estimated 63 burials as documented by the Tacoma – Pierce County Genealogy
Society in 1982.
According to early records
the cemetery was established at a meeting of the electors of School District 17 on 2 February 1901 and consists of one and
one half acres…
The earliest found headstone is that of Maria Holm and it is dated 1900…
This is supposed to be an abandon cemetery as of 1930 however the most recent headstone found is for Elizabeth Carver and
dated 1933.
For the most part, the main
portion of the cemetery is not overgrown and looks like it has been tended for within the last few years. There is considerable
evidence of recent and apparently frequent visitors.
click here to view Olalla burial list
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