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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 States

    What 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…

  • Notorious Tacoma

    Meridian at Stone Creek Senior Living 1111 S 376th St, Milton, WA, United States

    Reservation is required by calling 253-400-2076

  • Downtown Tacoma’s Alluring History

    Clover Park Rotary meeting @ Carr's Restaurant 11006 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood, WA, United States

    Ever 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…

  • Notorious Tacoma

    Merrill Gardens 7290 Rosemount Circle, Tacoma, WA, United States

    Step 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…

  • Rough and Tumble: The History of the Town of Ruston

    Solstice Senior Living at Point Defiance 6414 N Park Way, Tacoma, WA, United States

    In 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…

  • History of South Tacoma

    Brookdale Allenmore 2010 S Union Ave, Tacoma, WA, United States

    This 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…

  • Women Who Built Tacoma

    Cogir at the Narrows 8201 6th Ave, Tacoma, WA, United States

    What 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,…

  • History of South Tacoma

    Merrill Gardens 7290 Rosemount Circle, Tacoma, WA, United States

    This 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…

  • Willits Canoes & the history of Day Island

    eliseo Senior Living 1301 N Highlands Pkwy, Tacoma, WA, United States

    Earl and Floyd Willits are two brothers who came from Iowa with a talent like no other: determination, perseverance and unique carpentry skills. These brothers worked together along the shore…

  • The Serial Killer Who Came to Tacoma

    The Nosy Nif - A Wine Bar 2327 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma, WA, United States

    Long before the term serial killer became part of everyday language, one man left a dark and mysterious mark on Tacoma history. In 1947, Jake Bird was convicted of murdering…

  • History of South Tacoma

    Hosted by South Tacoma Neighborhood Council 4851 South Tacoma Way, Tacoma, United States

    This 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…