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Indian Reservation and crosses the valley. As Taooma is approaclied 

 the Indian School for Trades may bo seen on the left. 



Tacoma is the western headquarters and the ojfficial tidewater 

 terminus of the Northern Pacific Railway. It is beautifullv situated 



Tacoma. 



ropulation 83,743. 

 Seattle 41 miles. 



on a series of terraces rising about 300 feet above the 

 head of Commencement Bav. tho snntlinnsf. nrm nf 



fine 



Mountains 



Rahiier (PL IV, A). Its industrial establishments include a lead 

 smelter and refinery^ large sawmills^ furniture factories, foundries, 



gram, lumb 



r mills. Tacoma carries on an extensive com- 

 )r, coal, tea, silk, and other articles. In the 

 courthouse is the Ferry Museum, -w^iich contains, among other thui«^, 

 an interesting collection of Indian baskets, domestic utensils, canoes, 

 'and implements of hunting and war. 



Tacoma is a subport of entry (Port Townsend is the official port) 

 and is second only to San Francisco in the volume of its forei^-n 

 trade. It has an excellent harbor and 25 miles of water front, and 

 from it transoceanic steamship lines run to Japan and China, to 

 the Philippines and Hawaii, and to London and Glasgow. 

 Capt. George Vancouver visited the site of Tacoma in 1792, and 



Wilkes 



Morton 



It was at first called Commencement City, but fortunate] 

 was later changed to Tacoma, an Indian word meaning 

 mountain" and referring: to Mount Rainier. 



The principal excursions from Tacoma go to Mount Rainier 



is reached either from the northwest by way 

 rom Wilkeson coal field or from the south bv wn\- n1 



Tacoma. 



mire Springs 



parks 



L Muir has justly termed the mountain 

 Appreciation of the beautiful m nature 



should become more and more an American characteristic, and in 

 these days of national stock taking we do well to inventory as part 

 of the nation's wealth its resources in wild scenery. 



The Mount Rainier National Park is uiiicpe in possessing the 

 wildest of mountain scenery almost at the gates of two lar^'o cities. 

 Less than half a day's travel by rail and stage from Tacoma brings 

 {he visitor to the hotel at Longmire Springs, well within the park, 

 and the perfectly graded Government road enables him to roach the 

 lower end of the Nisqually Glacier. Just beyond is Paradise Park, 

 where a tent hotel affords accommodations amid beautiful sun-ound- 

 ings at the starting point for the ascent of the mountain. 



