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The Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in the History of Tacoma

“Cellulose nitrate negative, 1914, showing 25 African American men, members of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No....
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Tacoma Was Home to the First Women-Owned Worm Farm

In the forties, Tacoma fishermen, gardeners, and sporting goods stores didn’t have to look too far for high-quality worms. Western...
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John Conna: Pioneer of Tacoma’s Black History

This is a biography and reminiscence of the Tacoma African American pioneer John N. Conna written by his grandson, Douglas Q....
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The Puyallup Tribe’s Potlatch Tradition Is the Original Thanksgiving

It won’t come as a surprise to anyone that the real story of Thanksgiving is somewhat more complex than the...
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Setting the Record Straight on the Puget Sound Treaty War

We talk about local history a lot here. When it comes to the Indigenous people who have occupied this land...
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Buy or Bye: Never Never Land’s Statues are Being Auctioned

The days of Never Never Land’s remaining statues being housed by Metro Parks are numbered—down to 14, to be exact....
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This Is Why Tacoma’s Totem Pole Was Taken Down

In May of 1903, Tacoma unveiled what was then the world’s tallest totem pole. It stood next to the Tacoma...
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Reclaiming the Lost History of Tacoma’s Japantown

On a sunny day in Tacoma in 1935, a young Japanese man might wake up in the hotel run by...
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Making Space: The Life of Tacoma Civil Rights Activist Helen Stafford

By Henry Stewart-Wood Helen B. Stafford has an elementary school named after her in Tacoma’s South End. But in 1926...
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It’s Time You Heard the Puyallup Tribe’s Version of Tacoma’s History

145 years ago today, the City of Tacoma was officially incorporated. This came only 23 years after the first Euro-American...
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A Dose of Nostalgia From 1970s Tacoma

Does this booklet look familiar to you? I found it a while ago when I was helping my grandma clean...
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Celebrating the Mundane: Stephen Cysewski’s Legacy in Tacoma

What did Tacoma look like in the 1970s? If you were here at that time, these photographs by Stephen Cysewski...
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