Gig Harbor Now and Then | You may be familiar with this former Post Office location
Jun 03, 2024The post office was in a well-known building at the corner of Harborview and Pioneer — for most of 1951, anyway.
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Gig Harbor Now and Then | These boots were made for walking … just not inside
May 20, 2024Before addressing the answer to the question from our last column, it’s worth mentioning that if you haven’t seen Tonya Strickland’s 14 Names to Remember project, a tribute to the Peninsula’s WW2 dead, there’s plenty of time left to do so. It’s well worth seeing. Unlike the granite monument in Kenneth Leo Marvin
Gig Harbor Now and Then | The state of Mississippi once owned over 300 acres of Gig Harbor land
May 06, 2024Gig Harbor Now and Then’s previous question concerns a specific piece of land inside the Gig Harbor city limits, granted by the federal government over 150 years ago for the exclusive benefit of education. The question is: What was the name of the government entity in possession of the land in 1872? Answer: The state of
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Which government agency originally owned the land where this school now stands?
Apr 22, 2024The last three Gig Harbor Now and Then columns have not posed any questions of local history. We will return to that format this week, somewhat under duress. There’s a rumor floating around that unless we return to posting questions, we might be replaced by a new column. If you think we’ve been writing boring
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Basketball in the old days was more shutout than shootout
Apr 08, 2024With the 2024 NCAA women’s basketball championship game having been played Sunday, April 7, and the men’s title being decided tonight, it’s timely that today’s Gig Harbor Now and Then column is all about local basketball — over a hundred years’ worth. Revisiting early basketball scores Back on Sept. 11, 2023, we presented the true but
Gig Harbor Now and Then | An April Fool’s true or false quiz
Apr 01, 2024Although not scheduled for a new column this week, Gig Harbor Now and Then hereby presents either a bonus issue or three completely unnecessary pages, depending upon how it’s received. Traditionally, April First is for spoofing, tricking and practical joking. But we’re not doing any of that. We’re going to tell you up front what
Gig Harbor Now and Then | The answer to this burning question about a ferry
Mar 25, 2024Gig Harbor Now and Then’s question last time concerned the first ferry boat to serve on the Gig Harbor-Tacoma run, beginning in 1919. After only a few months, the City of Tacoma was taken out of service while a roof was constructed over its car deck. Why did the car ferry City of Tacoma need
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Early vehicles really cranked up the injuries
Mar 11, 2024Gig Harbor Now and Then’s last question of local history concerned a list of injuries, mostly broken or dislocated bones in the arm or wrist, from the 1920s to the 1940s. The three big clues given were that the accidents happened to far more men than women, were not seasonal and most often happened just
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Cold, hard facts about ice delivery in 1931
Feb 26, 2024Our previous column’s subject transitioned from a failure to deliver fire to the successful delivery of ice. The Gig Harbor Now and Then local history question was: What was the name of the ice delivery man in Gig Harbor in 1931? Answer: Let’s see, what are the most obvious possibilities? Ice, Icicle, Cold, Chill, Cool,
Gig Harbor Now and Then | WWII-era incendiary balloon was a mere inconvenience on the Key Peninsula
Feb 12, 2024Our previous column noted that in a unique event, a Japanese incendiary balloon designed to set the forests of the Pacific Northwest aflame landed on the Key Peninsula in 1945, near the end of World War 2. The topic generated three questions. Where did the Japanese incendiary balloon land on the Key Peninsula? Answer: On