The Northern Pacific Railroad had chosen Tacoma over Seattle as the terminus for its transcontinental line to Washington Territory. For pioneers, it meant money and opportunities. For the region ...

The event marked completion of the first transcontinental railroad, connecting the nation ... prepared the first maps and reports describing the topography of the trails and passages from the ...

Coming some four years after the Civil War, the event marked completion of the first transcontinental railroad ... prepared the first maps and reports describing the topography of the trails ...