Tacoma's Parks

by Melissa McGinnis, Doreen Beard-Simpkins, Metropolitan Park District of Tacoma, et al.

Book Overview

When civic benefactor Clinton P. Ferry donated a graceful, elliptically shaped plot of land in 1883 for the first park in Tacoma, he hoped his adopted hometown would do him proud and become a veritable city of parks. The young community did not disappoint. Landmarks such as Wright Park, Lincoln Park, and Point Defiance Park graced the landscape by 1900, a testament to Tacoma's appreciation for beauty, conservation, and recreation, which continues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738548960
• ISBN13: 9780738548968
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.3"