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TACOMA , a See also:city and sub-See also:port of entry, and the See also:county-seat of See also:Pierce county, See also:Washington, U.S.A., on Commencement See also:Bay of See also:Puget See also:Sound, at the mouth of Puyallup See also:river, about 8o m. from the Pacific See also:coast, and about 23 M. S.S.W. of See also:Seattle. Pop. (189o) 36,006; (1900) 37,714, of whom 11,032 were See also:foreign-See also:born (including 1603 Swedes, 1534 See also:English-Canadians, 1474 Norwegians, 1424 Germans, and 1323 English; (191o, U.S. See also:census) 83,743. Tacoma is served by the See also:Northern Pacific, the See also:Chicago, See also:Milwaukee & Puget Sound, and the Tacoma Eastern See also:railways; the Chicago, See also:Burlington & See also:Quincy railway operates through trains to and from See also:Missouri river points and Tacoma, over the Northern Pacific tracks, which are also used by the See also:Great Northern and See also:Oregon & Washington railways. There is electric railway connexion with Seattle. Tacoma is the starting-point of steamship lines to See also:Alaska, to See also:San Francisco, and to Seattle, Port Townsend, See also:Olympia, See also:Victoria, and other ports on Puget Sound. There are trans-oceanic lines to See also:Japan and See also:China, to the Philippines and See also:Hawaii, and to See also:London, See also:Liverpool and See also:Glasgow, by way of the See also:Suez See also:Canal. The city is situated on an excellent See also:harbour and has 25 M. of waterfront. From the tidelands the city site slopes gradually to a plateauabout 300 ft. high, commanding See also:fine views of Puget Sound and its wooded islands, and parts of the Cascade and Olympic ranges. Tacoma is the seat of See also:Whitworth See also:College (189o, Presbyterian), the University of Puget Sound (19c3, Methodist Episcopal), the Annie See also:Wright See also:Seminary (1884), a boarding and .See also:day school for girls, and the Pacific Lutheran See also:Academy and Business College. The Tacoma High School has an excellent See also:stadium for athletic contests, seating 25,000. The city has a See also:Carnegie library (1899), with about 51,000 volumes. Among other public buildings are the See also:court See also:house, the city See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, in which are the rooms of the See also:State See also:Historical Society (organized, 1891; incorporated, 1897); the Federal See also:Building; an armoury; the Chamber of See also:Commerce, and several fine churches. The See also:Ferry Museum, founded by See also:Clinton P. Ferry, has interesting historical and ethnological collections. In 1910 the city had seven public parks (1120 acres), including Point See also:Defiance, a thickly wooded See also:park (about 64o acres), and, in the centre of the city, Wright Park, in which is the See also:Seymour Conservatory. Tacoma is a sub-port of entry in the Puget Sound Customs See also:district (of which Port Townsend is the See also:official port), which is second only to San Francisco on the Pacific coast in the See also:volume of foreign See also:trade. The city has a large jobbing trade, a See also:coal See also:supply from See also:rich de-posits in Pierce county, and abundant See also:water-See also:power from See also:swift See also:mountain streams, which is used for generating See also:electricity for municipal and See also:industrial use. In 1900 and in 1905 Tacoma ranked second among the cities of the state in the value of factory products. See also:Lead smelting and refining (by one See also:establishment) was the most important See also:industry in 1905; See also:lumber, See also:timber and planing See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill products, valued at $3,407,951, were produced in that See also:year, and See also:flour and grist mill products, valued at $2,293,587. Other important manufactures were See also:furniture, See also:ships and boats, railway cars (the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound and the Northern Pacific systems having shops here), engines, machinery, shoes, water pipes, preserves and See also:beer. In 1905 the See also:total value of the factory products was $12,5or,816, an increase of 121.4% since 190o. The assessed See also:property valuation of the city in 1909 was $54,226,261, being about 42 % of the actual valuation.
The site of Tacoma was visited by See also:Captain See also:George See also:Vancouver in 1792; Commencement Bay was surveyed for the See also:United States See also:government by See also:Lieutenant See also:Charles Wilkes in 1841, and the See also:present city was founded by See also:General See also:Morton See also:Matthew McCarver in 1868 and was at first called Commencement City. That name was soon changed to Tacoma, said to be a corruption of Ta-ho-ma or Ta-ho-See also:bet, See also:Indian terms meaning " greatest See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:peak," the name of the peak (14,526 ft.), also called Mt. Rainier about 50 M. S.E. of the city. General McCarver's See also:original plat included what is now the first See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward of the city, and is called the Old See also:Town. In 1873 the Northern Pacific railway (completed in 1887) established its terminal on Commencement Bay, and named it New Tacoma. A town government, was formed in 1874, the See also:place became the county-seat in 188o, and in 1883 the two " towns " were consolidated and incorporated as a city under the name Tacoma. In 1909 a new city See also:charter was adopted under which the city government is vested in five commissioners (one of whom acts as See also:mayor), each in See also:charge of a city See also:department.
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