In 1930, thousands flocked to Lacey to see something new and exciting: a reindeer race. Billed as the first reindeer race in the continental United States, few in the area had ever seen the animals outside of Christmas imagery.
A near-capacity crowd of 4,000 people packed Saint Martin’s College’s Capital Pavilion (now the Hal and Inge Marcus Pavilion) in Lacey on the night of Thursday, May 1, 1975 to hear Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot.
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