George Vancouver
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- Dec 5, 1891The Mountain Tacoma Tried to TakeA railroad president's marketing decree put 'Tacoma' on maps of the great peak across the East — while Seattle refused to surrender the name of a British admiral who never saw it.Tacoma, WA
- May 24, 1892Vancouver’s 1792 Exploration of Port OrchardA historic excerpt from Captain George Vancouver’s 1792 journals describing the discovery and naming of the harbor we know today as Port Orchard.Port Orchard Bay, Port Orchard, WA
- Feb 3, 1893The Great Mountain Name WarTensions boil over as Tacoma citizens petition to rename the newly designated Mount Rainier reservation to Mount Tacoma, reigniting a 100-year-old geographic debate.Tacoma, WA