Treaty of Medicine Creek Northwest History December 17, 2020 197Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded on the She-nah-nam, or Medicine Creek, in the Territory of Washington, this...
Tacoma and Fern Hill Street Railroad Streetcar Lines March 22, 2020 555On February 8, 1888, the Tacoma City Council passed Ordinance No. 188, granting Randolph Radebaugh the city’s second street railroad...
Olympic Land Company Midland History September 11, 2018 341The Olympic Land, Loan, and Trust Company was incorporated on October 29, 1889 by George W. McAllister, president, Frank O....
Tacoma Streetcar Disaster Streetcar Lines July 4, 2018 656From the essay – Forty-three passengers die in a trolley car accident in Tacoma on July 4, 1900. By Daryl...
Native Americans of Puget Sound Northwest History May 17, 2018 405Current scientific data indicate that Native Americans arrived from Siberia via the Bering Sea land bridge about 12,000 years ago,...
Nelson Bennett Streetcar Lines April 26, 2018 264On February 5, 1887, the Tacoma City Council overturned the mayors veto of Ordinance No. 152, granting to Nelson Bennett...
