Mount Rainier National Park is a national park of the United States located in southeast Pierce County and northeast Lewis County in the U.S. state of Washington. The park was established on March 2,
Mount Rainier from above Myrtle Falls
Ohanapecosh Glacier, as seen from the Wonderland Trail
At the summit of Mount Rainier, 1888. Left to right: D. W. Bass, P. B. Van Trump, John Muir, N. O. Booth, Edward Sturgis Ingraham
Mount Rainier National Park panorama
Tacoma is a city in and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Puget Sound roughly 30 miles from Seattle and Olympia, and 58 miles northwest of
Mount Rainier National Park
…listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The name of the mountain itself in Lushootseed is "Tacoma" (pronounced "Taquoma"), the same as a nearby city in the Puget Sound region. The earliest evidence of human activity in the area which is now Mount Rainier National Park is a projectile point dated to…
Aerial view of Downtown Tacoma with Mount Rainier in the background
The Commencement Bay Land and Improvement Co. played a major role in the city's early growth.
Sidewheel steamer Alaskan at the Northern Pacific Dock c. 1880
Odd Fellows Parade at C Street and 9th Street, 1893