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Chandler, Glyn Dewayne (1926-1990)

Glyn Chandler (1926-1990) was 20 when he and his new bride relocated from Arkansas to Wenatchee and Chandler began a successful business career. Twelve years later he and his growing family moved to M...

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Pacific Division of the Northern Pacific Railroad: Labor Wars and Financial Peril on the Final Link to Puget Sound (1871-1873)

In its relentless expansion westward, the Northern Pacific Railroad reached its Puget Sound terminus in November 1873. The race to build the final link, from Kalama on the Columbia River to Tacoma, wa...

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St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company and its affiliated railroads (1888-1958)

Washington state's second-largest logging and lumber operation during its heyday, the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company controlled 90 square miles of standing timber in Pierce County and milled bil...

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White Shield Home (Tacoma)

Founded in 1890 by pioneering woman doctors Eva St. Clair Osburn and Ella Fifield, White Shield Home was a maternity hospital for unwed mothers. Its first patient was an expectant girl found in labor ...

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2 Timeline Entries

Prairie Line to Tacoma is rushed to completion on December 16, 1873.

On December 16, 1873, workers bolt together the final rail ends to complete the Northern Pacific Railroad's connection from Tenino to the Tacoma waterfront. This 39-mile stretch of track will be known...

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Burlington Northern's "Kapowsin Logger" derails over the Puyallup River near Electron on March 6, 1979.

In the predawn hours of March 6, 1979, a Burlington Northern train hauling logs from Lake Kapowsin to the St. Regis Paper Company in Tacoma derails at a bridge over the Puyallup River. The train crew ...

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