Spanaway Historical Society

Events from this organization

Today

  • White striped tablecloth in a display case with a historic portrait of a woman in a black dress, a dinner plate, a glass bowl, and historic photo of a building.

    Spanaway Historical Society (Out of Many, One display)

    Prairie House Museum 812 E 176th Ave, Spanaway, WA, United States

    Linen Tablecloth Tablecloth used by pioneer women to serve dinner to immigrants to our area. In the 1850s, several wives of soldiers at Fort Steilacoom planned a dinner to welcome the latest wagon train traveling along the Naches Pass from the Oregon trail to their area. They wanted to persuade the families to build their […]