Welcome to Tacoma's History
For over 149 years Tacoma has been a city filled with hope, dreams and fortitude. Lives have been touched with happiness and sorrow along the way. We have built homes, raised families, opened businesses and celebrated life along the way.
Tacoma History Comes Alive! is a boutique firm that takes pride in leading historic walking tours and history presentations of Tacoma. We are passionate about sharing untold stories, history you might not have heard and memories which may otherwise be forgotten.
Our tour participants enjoy the opportunity to meet with neighbors and other history enthusiasts learning interesting and unique stories during our tours.
Walking History Tours
If you have any questions about a Tacoma History Walking Tour please call Patty at 253-208-0135.
To schedule your own walking tour, simply purchase the tour you want and Patty will contact you to schedule your Tacoma History Walking Tour.
Downtown Tacoma Tour
This interesting walking tour includes the history of Pacific 1st Federal Savings, the Rust Building, the variety of music teachers who lived at the Bernice Building, where Woolworth’s Store first opened and the why the notorious Broadway Hotel was padlocked in 1929.
Ruston Way History Tour
Once named Front Street before the name was changed to Ruston Way, hear how Schuster Parkway was developed and why it connects to Ruston Way. Experience the notorious history of racketeering, burning buildings, lumber barons and a home which sank into Commencement Bay.
Westmoreland Neighborhood Tour
Before North 30th Street was paved, before Westgate Shopping Center, before Tupperware parties, Briggs Construction Company built 90 homes in the Westmoreland neighborhood of Tacoma’s North End.
Call 253-208-0135 or Email Me with any questions you may have about our walking tours.
History is more than a lesson in a book or an internet search. History is a passion for sharing stories and carrying on meaningful traditions.
~ Anonymous