Birdseye view of Tacoma. (1892)

Birdseye view of Tacoma. (1892)

Tacoma (Wash.) -- Pictorial works

1 view; 22 x 13 cm. Bird's-eye view.<br>Insets: Mount Tacoma [Rainier] 14445 feet high; Loading wheat at Tacoma.<br>Settlement of Tacoma (first known as Commencement Bay, or Commencement City, after the Bay on which it was located) began in 1853. An Indian War led to the evacuation of the town, and it wasn't until the 1860s that it began to grow again, led on, as were so many Washington coastal towns, by the idea that it would be the western terminus for the cross-continental railroad. When, in 1873, the railroad did choose Tacoma as its terminus, its future was assured. The rail line was not completed until 1888, however.

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Tacoma, Wash. : Oscar Nuhn, 1892.

1892

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Is found in Souvenir of Tacoma Washington.

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Maps<br>Bird's-eye views

wsu 526<br>F899.T2 S68 1892

United States--Washington (State) -- Tacoma