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Puyallup (/ p juː ˈ æ l ə p / ⓘ pew-AL-əp) is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States. It is on the Puyallup River about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Tacoma and 35 miles (56 km) south of Seattle .
Location of Pierce County in Washington. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pierce County, Washington, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an ...
The Meeker Mansion Museum is a historic house in Puyallup, Washington, United States. It is the second of two homes in the city which were resided in by Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker, the first one being a cabin on the homestead claim which Meeker as well as Hunter Thompson and Will Brines purchased from Jerry Stilly in 1862. This was a one ...
The Puyallup Indian Reservation is the reservation of the Puyallup Tribe, located in parts of Pierce and King counties of Washington state. The reservation, located at 47°14′38″N 122°22′15″W / 47.24389°N 122.37083°W / 47.24389; -122.37083 , is mostly located in Pierce County, although a small part is located in the city ...
John Meeker had come to Washington Territory by ship in 1859 and had settled in the Puyallup Valley. [35] Ezra Meeker ran for the Washington Territorial Legislature in 1861, but was defeated. [ 36 ] In 1869, Meeker ran for Pierce County Surveyor; he was defeated by James Gallagher, 138 votes to 116.
The name "Puyallup" is an anglicization of the Lushootseed word spuyaləpabš.The name means "people of the bend (at the bottom of the river)," [2] literally s√puy=áləp=abš, from the root √puy̓, 'curve'; the suffix =alap, 'leg or hip'; and the suffix =abš, 'people', [1] and refers to the way that the Puyallup people live on the winding river. [3]
Harris, who was born in Germany, has a long history with the Puyallup restaurant. He worked there when it was Sambo’s from 1974-1981 before moving to California, where he managed other family ...
The Washington State Fair, formerly the Puyallup Fair, is the largest single attraction held annually in the U.S. state of Washington. It continually ranks in the top ten largest fairs in the United States and includes agricultural and pastoral displays and shows, amusement rides, and concert series. [ 1 ]