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	<title>Historic Tacoma</title>
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		<title>Reasons To Visit Tacoma During The Summer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tacoma Washington is a beautiful place to visit. Although, the winter months aren&#8217;t always an enjoyable time to travel there, unless you like winter weather and lots of it. The best time to visit the city is in the summertime. Tacoma offers a wide range of summer festivals each year. There are lots of ethnic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.historictacoma.net/2011/06/12/reasons-to-visit-tacoma-during-the-summer/</link>
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		<title>Why Visit Tacoma, Washington Off Season</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tacoma, Washington attracts many visitors every year. It&#8217;s location on the Puget Sound and its close proximity to Seattle entices visitors to come year round. Most tourists visit the area during the summer and sometimes in the fall while the leaves are changing. Why visit Tacoma, Washington off season? Because the winter months have a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.historictacoma.net/2011/05/31/why-visit-tacoma-washington-off-season/</link>
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		<title>Tacoma What You Can Do While Visiting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many things to do when visiting the city of Tacoma, Washington, especially for those more interested in the arts. Located on Washington&#8217;s Puget Sound, south of Seattle, Tacoma is home to the a lively Museum District and an exceptional performing arts theater, making the town a great attraction for any art lover. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.historictacoma.net/2011/05/10/tacoma-what-you-can-do-while-visiting/</link>
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		<title>Get a closer look at the Tacoma Museum of Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Founded in 2002, the Museum of Glass is a great tourist attraction for visitors looking to see a modern side of Tacoma. The museum showcases a wide variety of glass artworks, particularly those of the Contemporary and Pacific Northwest movements.Within the museum, you can see installations by Cappy Thompson (Gathering the Light, which tells the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.historictacoma.net/2010/12/23/get-a-closer-look-at-the-tacoma-museum-of-glass/</link>
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		<title>Tour the landmarks of historic Tacoma</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A visitor to Tacoma, Washington could be easily overwhelmed by all of the history surrounding them. Luckily, the National Historic Register has officially recognized the most important historical sites. While you still might not be able to hit all of these the first time through, history buffs can use this guide as an introduction to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.historictacoma.net/2010/08/18/tour-the-landmarks-of-historic-tacoma/</link>
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		<title>The tragic fall of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes good things come out of bad, even when it doesn&#8217;t seem that way at the time. Such was the case with the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge on November 7, 1940. While no human life was lost in the collapse (one dog did perish), the footage of the fall demonstrates how cruel nature [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.historictacoma.net/2010/08/18/the-tragic-fall-of-the-tacoma-narrows-bridge/</link>
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		<title>Tacoma sets its sights on the Northern Pacific Railroad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Job Carr moved to Commencement Bay in 1864, his hope was that the site would be chosen as the terminus of the Transcontinental Railroad. However, even though he built what would become Tacoma&#8217;s first permanent residence, he soon sold his claim to developer Morton McCarver. In the end, McCarver was one of those most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.historictacoma.net/2010/08/18/tacoma-sets-its-sights-on-the-northern-pacific-railroad/</link>
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		<title>History in action at Fort Nisqually</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While Nicholas Delin was instrumental in attracting settlers to Commencement Bay, a European settlement existed at the Puget Sound as early as 1833. Fort Nisqually was built as an outpost for the Hudson&#8217;s Bay Company, the oldest commercial company in North America. Settlers travelled from sites as distant and diverse as Scotland, Hawaii, Canada, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.historictacoma.net/2010/08/18/history-in-action-at-fort-nisqually/</link>
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		<title>Delin&#8217;s Mill and the birth of Tacoma</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nicholas Delin first arrived at the Puget Sound in 1851, after spending the previous year in Portland, and the year before that in Massachusetts. Whatever he was searching for, he seemed to find in Olympia, because it was there that he began to gain recognition for his lumber work. However, Delin was not content to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.historictacoma.net/2010/08/18/delins-mill-and-the-birth-of-tacoma/</link>
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