Are you passionate about preserving our local history and heritage? The Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission is looking for new members to help us shape the future of our community’s past. As part of our team, you’ll be involved in the Pierce County Historic Preservation Program, providing important recommendations to the County Executive…
Category: History
History of the communtiy
It’s Thursday, the Telephone Museum is Open
Located on a less travelled road in Tacoma, the Telephone Museum at 757 Fawcett Avenue South is a little-known gem in the heart of the city. The Tacoma Telephone Pioneer Museum is open on Thursdays from 8:00 a.m. to noon. You may need to call as their door is often locked, but the group of…
Please, donate your barn
By Marianne Lincoln The greater Graham area needs a history museum. A barn would be the perfect venue, particularly an older style barn. Local historical buffs could organize a grant writing campaign and some funding mechanisms the same way that the community in Parkland saved the historic Parkland School. There are more than enough stories,…
Grandmother speaks
By Marianne Lincoln Tonight, I am trying to wrap my brain around the event I just witnessed at the Washington State Historical Museum. This was right up there with the night I was at the museum for the Leschi Exoneration Trial. I walked in a little late, because I wasn’t off work in time for…
Proposed Ordinance 02025-524, Historic Properties
Title: An Ordinance of the Pierce County Council Amending Chapter 2.88 of the Pierce County Code, “Structures of Historical and Architectural Significance“; Adopting Findings of Fact; and Setting Forth an Effective Date. The Pierce County Council will hear this proposed Ordinance on August 26, 2025 at their 3 p.m. meeting. This is the link to the…
July 1 Firecracker Alley Show
The Puyallup Tribe of Indians has relocated Firecracker Alley to 3509 72nd St E, Tacoma, in the Summit Waller area. July 1 at 9:30 p.m. will be their free fireworks show for 2025. What is Firecracker Alley? Firecracker Alley is a premier destination for fireworks lovers, offering over 100 firework stands selling a variety of…
Juneteenth – Celebrate Resilience and Progress
Today is a Holiday. Although it is new as a holiday, many have celebrated it for 160 years. It was the real end of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth, I recall, was especially celebrated in Texas, where the last of slavery finally ended two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. News was slow 160 years…
Trail’s End Development reveals historical markers for site
By Marianne Lincoln The Brookdale Golf Course at 17th aka Chesney Road and Brookdale Road is now a housing development called Trail’s End. That trail is called the Naches Trail and is the northernmost branch of the Oregon Trail that brought settlers across the newest territories of the United States in the 1800’s. Most notably,…
Graham needs a museum
Editorial: Marianne Lincoln Although it is one of the area’s newer communities, being started in 1923 with the Harding Mill, the greater Graham community, including Kapowsin is much older. As author Lawrence D. “Andy” Anderson so magnificently displays in his book, In the Shadow of the Mountain (out of print), the area had many activities…
Pre-Order Parkland School Memory Books
UPDATED: Vintage Photos Document Parkland Grade School History The deadline for photos has passed, and Linda continues to post photos on the Parkland Elementary Grade School Facebook page for help identifying students and faculty members for photo captions in the book. More than 500 photos of Parkland Grade School classes, clubs, teams and faculty from…
Dec. 1 Deadline for submissions for Parkland School Memory Book
Scans of pictures or other memorabilia can be sent to Linda Carlson via the Parkland Elementary Grade School Facebook page or FB Messenger. Please identify the year and any names of persons in the pictures if possible. They are looking for any information/pictures of businesses on Garfield St. during the time the school was open….
Local author to receive PLU Honorary Doctorate
By Marianne Lincoln Hope Cecilia Svinth Carpenter wrote several books about the experience and lives of the Nisqually people, When I met her, she was part of the Descendants of Fort Nisqually Employees Association. Her maternal great-great grandparents were Charles and Isabella Ross, who came to the Pacific Northwest to work with the Hudson Bay…
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