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The Secrets of Garfield Gulch by Marshall McClintock Originally presented January 22, 2009 for the North Slope Historic District
•This
is the 1896 Sanderson Fire Insurance Map.
--Shows what’s now Garfield Park and Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club
--At
this time the Fair Grounds
--Neither
N. 7th or N. 8th are ever built through
--Note
the Cyclorama (Vellodrome) indicating the importance of cycling
--Tacoma
Ave. crosses on a high trestle bridge over the gulch
--Lawn Tennis Club moves here in 1901 from Division and N. G --Garfield Park was named in 1904 for President Garfield at the same time that Lincoln and McKinley Parks were named.
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