Archives Treasure #2: First WA territorial prison
Undated photo of Seatco Prison. (Photo courtesy of Washington State Archives) Most of us are familiar with some of the corrections centers in our state: Monroe, Walla Walla and Purdy, to name a few. But what was Washington’s first territorial prison? It was located south of Olympia near present-day Bucoda. The documents related to the Seatco Prison make up the second Archives Treasure for June. The state Corrections Department has a convict record database covering 1877 to 1888. The datebase…