TACOMA A PLACE TO HANG OUT THIS VACATION

Tacoma was shaped by a series of booms and bust that began after Swedish settler Nicholas de Lin started the first business in 1852. de lin’s sawmill was the first major employment for the settlers who braved harrowing conditions to reach the area discovered by Capt. Goerge Van-couver in 1792.
As the lumber industry prospered and the Puyallup Indians were coerced into leaving the region the pioneers’ settlement grew. Gen. Morton Mathew Mc carver bought a large tract a land near by in hopes that the northern pacific railway will establish its terminus there. Mc carver encourage increase settlement and called the town Tacoma which wad rived from Tahoma the Puyallup Indian name for mount Rainer.
Tacoma was supported by various industries with wood products and shipping still at the top. Among the city’s numerous cultural attractions is Firemens Park at the foot of S. Ninth Street with one of the tallest totem poles in the nation. Carved from single cedars by alsakan Indians the totem pole is 105 feet high.
Another lofty city land mark is the clock towers of the City hall a fine example of Italian Renaissance Architecture public fishing piers are available on Mccaver street on Ruston way at the boat house in point defiance park at pantages theatre a restored 1918 vaudeville and movie palaces host performing and art programs. Small productions are stage at Raito Theatre.

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