History Presentation
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History of Tacoma Narrows Bridges
Anderson Island Historical Society 9306 Otso Point Rd, Anderson Island, WA, United StatesPicture this: A room full of people saying, “We can do this” and then actually doing it. Come hear how the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce helped spark this bold project…
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The Women Who Built Tacoma
Brookdale Allenmore 2010 S Union Ave, Tacoma, WA, United StatesWhat if Tacoma was built twice…once in lumber and brick and again in courage? Meet Mrs. Bethel Schneebeck, Miss Alice Humble, Mrs. Elsbeth Haering, Mrs. Violet Graham - strong women,…
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History of 6th Ave
eliseo Senior Living 1301 N Highlands Pkwy, Tacoma, WA, United StatesReservation is required by calling 253-752-7112
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Rough & Tumble: The History of the Town of Ruston
The Village Senior Living 4707 S Orchard St, Tacoma, WA, United StatesReservations required by calling 253-785-2744
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History of Tacoma Narrows Bridges
The Rotary Club of Gig Harbor 8209 Stinson Ave, Gig Harbor, WA, United StatesPicture this: A room full of people saying, “We can do this” and then actually doing it. Come hear how the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce helped spark this bold project…
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Notorious Tacoma
Tacoma Sunrise Rotary Club 1110 South Puget Sound Ave, Tacoma, WA, United States -
Women Who Built Tacoma
The Nosy Nif-A Wine Bar 2327 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma, WA, United StatesWhat if Tacoma was built twice…once in lumber and brick and again in courage? Meet Mrs. Bethel Schneebeck, Miss Alice Humble, Dr. Ella Fifield, Mrs. Elsbeth Haering and Mrs. Violet…
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Notorious Tacoma
Meridian at Stone Creek Senior Living 1111 S 376th St, Milton, WA, United StatesReservation is required by calling 253-400-2076
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Downtown Tacoma’s Alluring History
Clover Park Rotary meeting @ Carr's Restaurant 11006 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA, United StatesEver feel downtown Tacoma whispering? Streetcars once rolled out from the transportation barn, carrying the city forward. A child was christened on the girders of the Rust Building – steel…
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Notorious Tacoma
Merrill Gardens 7290 Rosemount Circle, Tacoma, WA, United StatesStep into Tacoma’s shadowy past. Have you heard about the 1951 vice raids – the kind of story that doesn’t just make the headlines, it rearranges a whole city. Hear…
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Rough and Tumble: The History of the Town of Ruston
Solstice Senior Living at Point Defiance 6414 N Park Way, Tacoma, WA, United StatesIn 1906, seven square blocks became something more than a dot on the map, they became Ruston. A small town shaped by the people of the Tacoma Smelting Company who…
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History of South Tacoma
Asia Pacific Cultural Center 4851 South Tacoma Way, Tacoma, WA, United StatesThis area was known as Edison to honor Thomas Edison, a friend of the railroad owner, before transitioning to the name South Tacoma. The Northern Pacific Railway moved its railway…