1909 ❖ FIELD CAMP AT OLGA ❖

Field Camp at Olga, 1909.
Then named the University of Washington
Biological School.
Photo scan and text courtesy of
Jane Willis Barfoot Hodde (Dec. 1913-Oct. 2013)
 Olga, San Juan Archipelago, WA.

"In 1909 the University of Washington Biological School at Friday harbor held a field camp in Olga, Orcas Island, WA. The students lived in tents pitched in the area behind the store and the flat area above the beach. Food was prepared either over a campfire or possibly by Mrs. Rice in the hotel and served outdoors.
      Students gathered specimens from both the beach and Mt. Constitution. At the present time, the Friday Harbor facility has very little information about the field camp.
      In later years, an overnight trip up the mountain was held each year. My father hauled supplies with his team and wagon."