Search Results for: Gig Harbor Now and Then

The building looked better in this photo from 2004, but the El Camino looked worse.

A great many people will know where this building is. But do you know what its longest use was before it was vacated?

The location of Mystery No. 2 revealed.

Local loggers in the late 19th and early 20th century branded their timber in an effort to stop thieves who targeted log rafts.

How did people in the 19th century discern which logs belonged to which logger? Also, the tawdry tale of one Hervey B. Vanderhoof.

At least three Harbor Inns have operated in Gig Harbor in the last century. Here’s where they were located.

Believe it or not, our Peninsula forebears did not welcome whales to local waters as honored guests. Instead, they tried to kill them.

A brick planter now stands in front of the former Harbor Inn. Is it sturdy enough to prevent a tragedy like the one that happened there in 1989?

The dump truck that crashed into the Novak Building in 1989 did not lose its brakes, it missed a shift. Greg Spadoni, who helped with recovery efforts on the day of the wreck, explains how he knows this.

Fitzgerald Ford, Fred Meyer, and a discussion of double-clutching are among the topics of this week’s column.