| University Place Contributor(s): Handeland, Arne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738595152 ISBN-13: 9780738595153 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest (or, Wa) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 979.7 |
| LCCN: 2012932891 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.4" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Washington |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A community located just south and west of Tacoma, University Place has always been noted for its excellent school system but where is the university? In the 1890s, long before University Place became a suburban bedroom community, it was chosen as the future site for Puget Sound University. Plans were drawn and ground breaking even occurred, but the economic depression of the mid-1890s scuttled the venture; however, the name University Place stuck. At approximately the same time the university was planned, the few residents in the area formed school district No. 83, encompassing approximately eight square miles along the shore of Puget Sound, and named it University Place School District. From the days of sheep herding, logging, gravel and sand mining, tomato farming, apple and peach orchard planting, and rhododendron farming, University Place has become a proud city with a population exceeding 31,000 residents." |
Contributor Bio(s): Handeland, Arne: - Using the photographic archives of University Place Historical Society, University Place School District, Tacoma Public Library, and longtime residents and businesspeople of University Place, Arne Handeland, a history teacher at Curtis High School in University Place for 40-plus years, has compiled this visual history accompanied by captions to capture a snapshot view of the history of this thriving community. |