Fife’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Fife. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The lower Puyallup basin is the ancestral home of the Puyallup people, who were relocated after the signing of the Medicine Creek Treaty in 1854. The treaty ceded Puyallup lands and created the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which was expanded to include modern-day Fife. The land on which the city sits was lost after the signing of the General Allotment Act in 1887 and other land transfers that were later resolved in a 1990 claims settlement.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Fife’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fife’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewReservation Yard, 1899: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Fife
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Fife, decade by decade
1970s
1990s
CommonsThe Brakes are On Southern Pacific 44492007
CommonsSteam SP4449 in Fife 20072007
CommonsSP4449 Daylight Running Fife 20072007
CommonsRailway Express Agency Fife 20072007
CommonsDome Car Fife 20072007
CommonsDaylight Drive Wheels2007
CommonsDaylight Controls Southern Pacific 44492007
CommonsControls of the UP8442007
CommonsBig Spring Southern Pacific 44492007
CommonsArt Lockman Fife 20072007Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Reservation Yard (1899) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (12). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.