Part of an amazing five-year, six-ship expedition covering about 87,000 miles by a US Navy group included exploration of the inland Washington Waters around 1840. The expedition was led by Navy Lt. Charles Wilkes. Details of this epic journey will be described and explained by Dick Blumenthal of Bellevue at the January program of the […]
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Lakewood’s Tacoma Speedway topic of LHS program
Dr. Wayne Herstad recounted the history of the Tacoma Speedway to an audience attending the November program of the Lakewood Historical Society, held at the Lakewood Library, Tuesday evening. The auto racetrack, which operated from 1912 to 1922 at what is today Clover Park Technical College, attracted some of the country’s most famous racers of […]
History Society to meet at Tacoma Country & Golf Club
Do you know what is the oldest country club and golf course west of the Mississippi River? It is none other than Tacoma Country and Golf Club, located on the shores of Lakewood’s American Lake. The recently remodeled and expanded clubhouse will be site for the Lakewood Historical Society’s July meeting, Tuesday, July 21, according […]
Meeting & Greeting etiquette topic for LWB July 16 meeting at Oakbrook
Meeting and Greeting will be the program topic for a Lakewood Women in Business luncheon meeting Thursday, July 16 at Oakbrook Country & Golf Club. The meeting will start at noon. Jan Luze will present the program at the July meeting. It will cover aspects of proper etiquette for individuals attending business or social gatherings […]
July 4 ice cream social in Steilacoom
If you like ice cream, the Steilacoom Historical Museum Association (SHMA) has a special July 4th offer for you! The association will hold an ice cream social on Independence Day, starting at 11 am and continuing until 3:30 pm. The ice cream social will be held at the historic Bair Drug Store in the heart […]
Concert at Steilacoom’s Pioneer Park
Design Day for UP Playground
University Place organizations kicked off efforts to build the Playground by the Sound at a design Day Thursday. The activity was capped off with a community celebration and public showing of the preliminary design completed by a Leathers & Associates designer.
Business women to learn about cargo handling at June 18 meeting
Do you know what a straddle carrier is? Got any idea the dimensions of a container carried on those cargo ships? Can you imagine how many half gallons of ice cream a cargo container could hold? Evette Mason from the Port of Tacoma will provide answers to these questions plus many more during the June […]
Woodbrook Hunt Club subject of meeting
The Woodbrook Hunt Club is the oldest fox hunting club west of the Mississippi River, according to author and horseback riding enthusiast Joy Keniston-Longrie. She gave the history of the club to about 50 members of the Lakewood Historical Society during a recent meeting at the Lakewood Library. The author explained that the club doesn’t […]