Puyallup Valley Railway Company
On March 22, 1889, an investigation began after representatives of the Puyallup Valley Railway Company were caught bribing Indians with money for their votes to approve a right-of-way through the reservation.
Tacoma and Fern Hill Street Railroad
On February 8, 1888, the Tacoma City Council passed Ordinance No. 188, granting Randolph Radebaugh the city’s second …Read More
Donation Land Claims
During the winter of 1851 in Indianapolis, twenty-four year old Oliver Perry Meeker and a group of friends and neighbors were making preparations for a journey next spring that would take them to Oregon Territory.
Olympic Land Company
Incorporated on October 29, 1889 by George W. McAllister and Albert R. Heilig, the Olympic Land, Loan, and …Read More
Tacoma Streetcar Disaster
From the essay – Forty-three passengers die in a trolley car accident in Tacoma on July 4, 1900. …Read More
Native Americans of Puget Sound
Current scientific data indicate that Native Americans arrived from Siberia via the Bering Sea land bridge about 12,000 …Read More