Our cities tour visits tacoma, washington, to learn more about its unique history and literary life. For six years, we have traveled to u. S. Cities, bringing the literary scene and Historic Sites to our viewers. You can read more at cspan. Org citiestour. Years before the arrival of the Transcontinental Railroad, tacoma was not dissimilar from most of the other small communities around puget sound, and really in the Pacific Northwest. The population presence was predominantly native american. By the end of the 19th century, coming over the oregon trail and some by sea, small little villages really of europeans had theved, that mostly along shoreline, and that was because the primary purpose here for people settling was cutting timber and milling timber that was then sent down to San Francisco. That prompted a lot of entrepreneurs and small investors and adventurers to come up and begin to build cities. So, seattle, bellingham, wereetown, olympia all ofll, smallish communities 50 to a
Europeans arrived. Mostly along the shoreline. That was because the primary purpose here for people that were settling was cutting timber and milling timber. That was then sent down to san francisco. That prompted a lot of entrepreneurs and small investors and adventurers to come up and begin to build cities. Seattle, bellingham, port all were olympia, communities ofsh 52 a few hundred people 50 to a few hundred people prior to the arrival of the transcontinental. At the conclusion of the civil war and the announcement that the railroad was coming, every community hoped that they would be the terminal city, that they would be chosen for the railroad. It came down to really being between seattle, tacoma, and olympia. By 1873, early 1873, the transcontinental was being built in two directions. It was not not just it was not just one railhead. Congress in the charter for the railroad had dictated this section from the Columbia River to puget sound needed to be completed and the Railroad C
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