Spanaway

Around 1840, the British Hudson Bay Company set up a cattle ranch on the shore of a haunted lake that local tribes called Spa'nu—we. A hunting trail through the Cascade Mountains crossed at Spa'nu—we with another pathway running to Puget Sound from the sleeping volcano Tu'qobu (Tacoma). Both trails became roads and railways that drew settlers to Spa'nu—we's rich prairie and abundant water. Thus began decades of conflict—often armed—with the evolving town of Spanaway caught in regional and n...