Whiskey Wharves & Waterfront Wonders: Navigating Old Town Tacoma's Salty Tales

[@Esteban318ful]

Wonderful history of Tacoma.... will love seeing more

[@westernwashingtonhistory1889]

Thank you for that compliment, I will be making more on Tacoma in the near future, Tacoma was very important to the development of the area. In the meantime I did make one on Brawn and Haley almond roca and one on Nalleys, both set in Tacoma if you havent seen those yet and a new one today on Fort Vancouver.

[@dberar55]

Great video. I was born and raised in Tacoma's North end in 1955 on N. 25th and Puget Sound. Lived in the North end until 1982 and watched a lot of changes. Some good, some not so good. Still miss the waterfront of the 60's and 70's before development took hold. Great job and really enjoy your local history videos.

[@westernwashingtonhistory1889]

Thank you for watching it! I lived in Tacoma until first grade. My dad worked at the smelter then, so much has changed down there.

[@retro_nugget6042]

WE want more! Thank you

[@westernwashingtonhistory1889]

I hear ya, this winter I will probably put out a lot more.

[@roxannpowers7168]

I would love to hear more of Tacoma's history. I was born and raised in Port Orchard in 1963. 18:17

[@westernwashingtonhistory1889]

Port Orchard was a great place to be raised. I will make more Tacoma videos in the future for sure, I am trying to jump around and give everyone a little something, I just released the newest video on Edgewood, it is just above Tacoma, headed towards Seattle.

[@heliosabbot838]

These are great videos. a tremendous amount of work for very few views & no $. just want you to know they are appreciated.

[@westernwashingtonhistory1889]

Thank you for being here.

[@donaldshelton9794]

Stewart Middle School was named for JP Stewart, Tacoma’s first teacher

[@westernwashingtonhistory1889]

Thank you!

[@armylrs2391]

There is a vast tunnel network underneath parts of Tacoma that 99.99% of even city officials are unaware of. One entrance is near an overpass on Yakima avenue, amazingly not even the street junkies have discovered it yet. It's very hidden and very few people know about it. Cool as hell down there!

[@grahamhammond]

How is the Steele family's name spelled?

[@westernwashingtonhistory1889]

only once I saw it spelled Steel, the rest it was Steele. There is still a N. Steele St near Lowell Elementry, but it no longer goes all the way to old town as it did on the original plat.Google Map N. Steele Tacoma.

[@westernwashingtonhistory1889]

also the plaque that is in the sidewalk where Janet Steele's hotel was is also spelled Steele.

[@grahamhammond]

We're white people who did not own land eligible to vote in new Tacoma?

[@westernwashingtonhistory1889]

I am not sure of that, I think at one time it was a requirement that you owned land, which in a lot of ways makes total sense, maybe not for president, but anything that is going to raise property value you should have some skin in the game, in my opinion. Of course, most people owned property then, there was a lot less renting.

[@docBZA]

Awesome. Thanks for putting in the time to make this video! It’s amazing the photos we have from the late 19th century from settlers in our neck of the woods

[@westernwashingtonhistory1889]

Yes we are very fortunate for every one. We had a handful of people who were fascinated by the technology and they had to be part of it. It is simple to think about taking a picture now, but these people got these shots when it was so new a lot of people probably thought it was odd or a passing fad. Thank you for your comment.