Sourcing Our Tours
At PNW Adventures and Tours, we are, first and foremost, students of history. As a high school history instructor, with a Master’s in American History, I don’t pretend to be any more of an expert than the research I’ve done. From textbooks to narrative history, magazines to newspapers, podcasts to documentaries, blogs to interviews, we cite all of our sources so that you, too, can learn more about this exciting region and the tours we deliver. Below is a list of the resources we use to construct our own narratives and shape our storytelling!
Poulsbo:
Poulsbo Historical Society. Spirit of Poulsbo. Poulsbo, WA: Poulsbo Historical Society, n.d.
Driscoll, Judy, and Sherry White. Poulsbo. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2013.
Tacoma:
Baarsma, Bill. Tacoma’s Stadium District. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2011.
Gallacci, Caroline Alise Denyer, and Ronald E. Karabaich. Vanishing Tacoma. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2013.
McGinnis, Melissa, and Doreen Beard-Simpkins, with the Metropolitan Park District of Tacoma. Tacoma’s Wright Park. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009.
Michael Sullivan, Tacoma History (blog), https://tacomahistory.live/
Morgan, Murray. Puget’s Sound: A Narrative of Early Tacoma and the Southern Sound. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1979.
Morgan, Murray, and Rosa Morgan. South on the Sound: An Illustrated History of Tacoma and Pierce County. Woodland Hills, CA: Windsor Publications, 1984.
Morgan, Murray. The Last Wilderness. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1979.
Oakes, Roger Merrill. Skiing in Olympic National Park. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2011.
Price, Robert. The Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on Mount Rainier. Seattle: Mountaineers Books, 2005.
Tjossem, Donald R., with the Bainbridge Island Historical Society. Bainbridge Island. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2002.
City of Tacoma. “Tacoma’s Historic Districts and Landmarks.” Planning and Development Services – Historic Preservation. Accessed March 12, 2026. https://tacoma.gov/government/departments/planning-and-development-services/historic-preservation/tacomas-historic-districts-landmarks/
General Washington and Pacific Northwest Resources:
Morgan, Murray. Skid Road: An Informal Portrait of Seattle. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1982. (Original work published, 1951.)
HistoryLink.org. “HistoryLink: The Free Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History.” https://www.historylink.org/.
