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Keyword(s): Edward Echtle

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Carbonado -- Thumbnail History

Carbonado, located on the Carbon River below Mount Rainier in the Cascade foothills of eastern Pierce County, prospered for decades as an industrial coalmining town. As settlers poured into the Puget ...

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Educators Manufacturing Building (Tacoma)

After World War II, a trend toward consolidating schools into larger districts with more modern, standardized facilities created business opportunities for industrial manufacturers. Among these, Educa...

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Furniture Manufacturing in Tacoma

Furniture manufacturing was a key industry in Tacoma for nearly a century. By the late nineteenth century much of the Pierce County city's economy was built on the lumber industry. The availability of...

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Steilacoom -- Thumbnail History

Steilacoom was one of the earliest non-Native settlements in the future state of Washington. Established just six years after Oregon Trail emigrants first arrived on Puget Sound, it quickly became a h...

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3 Timeline Entries

Washington Territorial Legislature incorporates the City of Steilacoom on April 22, 1854.

On April 22, 1854, Steilacoom becomes the first town in Washington to be incorporated by the new Washington Territorial Legislature. Originally two separate and competing towns founded in 1851 by Lafa...

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Carbonado residents vote to incorporate on August 17, 1948.

Residents of Carbonado vote to incorporate the town on August 17, 1948. Located on the Carbon River in the Cascade foothills of eastern Pierce County, Carbonado was founded in 1880 as a company town b...

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New Educators Manufacturing Company plant in Tacoma opens on November 9, 1958.

On November 9, 1958, Educators Manufacturing Company opens a new state-of-the-art plant near the Port of Tacoma to much fanfare and community good wishes. Founded in 1951, Educators is an industry lea...

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