Real Estate

Once upon a time, there was a place, not well known, where you could pass fields of blue berries, pumpkins, daffodils and tulips just before reaching a winding gravel road to a secret escape.  After reaching the top of the little gravel road, there rests a home on a hill gazing upon the Puyallup Valley […]

As history tells it, the harbors along the Puget Sound region are rich with tale of discovery, adventure and shelter.  Gig Harbor, was a hidden treasure inner harbor unveiled by explorers May 15, 1841. Lieutenant Charles Wilkes (1798-1877) had led several ships on an expedition around the world. He sent one of his ships, the […]

Many, many, many years ago, there was a safe harbor on the West Coast settled in 1851 and nicknamed the ‘City of Dreams,’ and then Port Townshend (today Port Townsend) by Captain George Vancouver.  For thousands of years before this settlement, Indian Tribes were the sole inhabitants to include;  Chemakum (or Chimacum), Hoh (a group […]

                                                       In 1914, Tacoma was focused on; growth, progressive ideals about the importance of health and the associated impacts of readily available distribution and consumption of alcohol, and architecture. 1914 is when railroads began important freight yard development and expansion on the tide flats.  The O.W. Railroad and wagon bridge was built to support […]