. >> it really did not have much of an influence on this area until john bagley takes over in 1899 bankruptcy. yet he has $100,000 a year in construction bonds a walking road in building the line to the gateway to melt reindeer national parking for. and each successive development, he is attacking more and more communities. your county and their sawmills to the rail lines. one of these came a very important economic driver for not only the tacoma eastern but for tacoma as well and you see that in the formation of the st. paul and tacoma lumber company which was at the time that was built was the single largest sawmill in north america. and almost all of those logs came off the shoulders of mount rainier national park so with the transportation, the railroad really helped to spark economic development up and down the west coast and that was in the form of the ease of transportation for agricultural goods and for the lumber industry, but it also brought in an opportunity for people to see america first and in seeing america first, one of the places that was instrumental in helping to drive heri

did not have much of an influence on this area until john bagley takes it over in 1899 after the bankruptcy when he has hundred thousand dollars per year in construction bonds from the milwaukee rotating him theuilding the line out to gateway to mount rainier national park in ashford. developmentccessive he is attaching more and more communities of this county and their sawmills to the rail line. each one of those became a very driver forconomic not only tacoma eastern but for tacoma as well. we see that in the formation of the st. paul and tacoma lumber timeny which was, at the that it was built, the single largest sawmill in america. almost all of those logs came after the shoulders of membrane your national park. ,ith the use of transportation the railroad really helped to spark economic development all up and down the west coast. that was in the form of transportation for agricultural goods. it also brought in an opportunity for people to see america first. first, one ofica the places that was instrumental in helping to drive tourism in general was the national park system. the third na