The City of Destiny and the South Sound: An Illustrated History of Tacoma and Pierce County - Hardcover

Gallacci, Caroline Denyer

9781886483576: The City of Destiny and the South Sound: An Illustrated History of Tacoma and Pierce County

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1886483574 ISBN 13: 9781886483576

Publisher: Heritage Media Corp, 2001

The City of Destiny remains unsure of what its destiny should be. The land is much changed from that which George Vancouver called "the most lovely country that can be imagined" where "the labour of its inhabitants would be amply rewarded in the bounties which nature seems ready to bestow on cultivation." Even so, an anonymous visitor to the Pacific Northwest, quoted in the January 12, 1894, issue of Harper's Weekly, had it right: "Well gentlemen, if I were a man of wealth seeking a home and investments on Puget Sound, I would live in Tacoma and invest in Seattle." (Murray Morgan)

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About the Author:

Caroline Denyer Gallacci is currently an instructor at Tacoma Community College and the University of Washington in Seattle. This local author has spent many years as a historic preservation consultant in Tacoma and Pierce County. She is the author of the upcoming narrative titled Planning the City of Destiny: An Urban History of Tacoma to 1930.

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