Old Tacoma

by Caroline Gallacci and Tacoma Historical Society

Book Overview

In 1865, Job Carr paddled a canoe to his new homestead on a small harbor that would become Old Tacoma. The area's notorious reputation--as "The Wildest Port North of San Francisco's Barbary Coast"--haunted it for decades after the tall-masted schooners, sailors, brothels, and saloons were gone. Situated on the deepwater shoreline of Commencement Bay to ship timber from the vast tracts surrounding it, "Old Tacoma" was bypassed by the Northern Pacific...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738531030
• ISBN13: 9780738531038
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Great history of a great town

This is a fasciniating book. I have learned many things I didn't know about this area of Tacoma. The pictures are fantastic and I have had a great time comparing the historical photos to the actual places. This has just confirmed my love of this fabulous city.