In their latest storytelling collaboration, Gig Harbor Now writers Tonya Strickland and Greg Spadoni launch a new series where they tell the stories behind old photographs sold at second hand stores.
14 Names to Remember Project. Layout by Tonya Strickland. Historic graphics attributed.
The Harbor History Museum will accept Round Rocks Contest submissions later this month, but it’s not to early to start looking for them.
Albert Fleuss, a machinist whose work was critical to Gig Harbor’s early fishing fleet, deserves the same recognition as his successor.
In the early 1900s when Tacoma was still figuring out what kind of city to be, Don Wolford knew exactly who he was. He became a longtime Tacoma businessman, married his longtime girlfriend, had a child and scored a beachfront property.
Greg Spadoni compares scenes from “Hit,” the movie filmed in Gig Harbor, with current-day photos of the same locations.
The Mountaineer Tree is an approximately 218-foot-tall living legend that’s called Tacoma home since the 1500s.
Burley Park in Kitsap County blends rich turn-of-the-century history with recent upgrades.
He or she played the part of The Wind in their elementary school’s production of the play Rumpelstiltskin, which should make the answer obvious.
John and Leta Wolford were bound for the west coast, chasing the promise of steady work with the Northern Pacific Railroad in Tacoma when they moved into 5611 S. Oakes Street in Tacoma. See the changes to the house over the years.
P.O. Box 546
Gig Harbor, WA 98335
