Tacoma Curiosities

Geoduck Derbies, the Whistling Well of the North End, Alligators in Snake Lake & More

Nonfiction, Travel, Pictorials, Art & Architecture, Photography, History
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Author: Karla Stover ISBN: 9781439658321
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: October 10, 2016
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Karla Stover
ISBN: 9781439658321
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: October 10, 2016
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English

When the Northern Pacific Railroad laid its final tracks within the fledgling hamlet of Tacoma, it brought opportunity and wild characters by the car full. Seemingly overnight, the quiet Puget Sound village transformed into a booming metropolis and eccentric playground with its fair share of growing pains. On one unlucky evening, residents awoke to the cries of a man who fell into the sewers after a road collapsed. Tacoma's first school avoided demolition for a time thanks to a band of enterprising tramps who converted the place of learning into Hotel de Gink, complete with unique minstrel show. Local author and guide Karla Stover explores these and many more stories of the quixotic and curious history of the City of Destiny.

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When the Northern Pacific Railroad laid its final tracks within the fledgling hamlet of Tacoma, it brought opportunity and wild characters by the car full. Seemingly overnight, the quiet Puget Sound village transformed into a booming metropolis and eccentric playground with its fair share of growing pains. On one unlucky evening, residents awoke to the cries of a man who fell into the sewers after a road collapsed. Tacoma's first school avoided demolition for a time thanks to a band of enterprising tramps who converted the place of learning into Hotel de Gink, complete with unique minstrel show. Local author and guide Karla Stover explores these and many more stories of the quixotic and curious history of the City of Destiny.

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