Virgil had decided to work from his home to start his development business. By 1970 Virgil Adams Real Estate was formally established so he could sell the lots created in his subdivisions and his first office was formed. Three generations later, the company is stronger than ever.
I fondly remember my grandpa, Bill Trosper, telling me that he was 10 years old when he arrived in Thurston County from Kansas in 1892. He added that the countryside south of old Tumwater at that time was so full of old-growth timber that a person could walk from what is today Capitol Boulevard all the way to Black Lake on fallen logs without having to touch the ground. He was known to exaggerate at times. Thurston County History sounds different when looked through the eyes of the young.
The Lyon County Sheriff s Office is urging people driving over Mason Pass road between Smith and Mason Valleys to not use Delphi Road, as it is closed and not passable