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 19th century coming over the oregon trail and some by c, small villages really of american and europeans had arrived. Mostly along the shoreline and that was because the primary purpose year for people that were settling was cutting timber and milling timber that was sent down to san francisco. That prompted a lot of entrepreneurs and investors and adventurers to come up and begin to build cities. So, seattle, bellingham, olympia all were small communities of 50200 people prior to the coming 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 and that they would be chosen for the railroad. It came down to being between seattle, tacoma, and olympia. And so by 1873, early in 1873 the transcontinental obviously
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 19th century coming over the oregon trail and some by c, small villages really of american and europeans had arrived. Mostly along the shoreline and that was because the primary purpose year for people that were settling was cutting timber and milling timber that was sent down to san francisco. That prompted a lot of entrepreneurs and investors and adventurers to come up and begin to build cities. So, seattle, bellingham, olympia all were small communities of 50200 people prior to the coming 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 and that they would be chosen for the railroad. It came down to being between seattle, tacoma, and olympia. And so by 1873, early in 1873 the transcontinental obviously
Latest history news. Our cspan cities tour takes American History tv on road to feature the history of cities across america. Heres a recent program. In the years before the arrival of the trans continental railroad, tacoma was not d dissimilar from the other communities around puget sound and the northwest. The population was predominantly native american. By the end of the 19th century coming over the oregon trail and then some by sea, small little villages really of american, of europeans, had arrived. But mostly along the shoreline and 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. So that prompted a lot of entrepreneurs and small investors and adventurers to come up and begin to build cities and so seattle, bellingham, townsend, olympia, all were small, smallish communities of 50 to a few hundred people, really. Pride prior to the coming of t trans continental. But at the concl
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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