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The greatest influx of settlers started in the 1880s, when transport by rail became possible. The first of three transcontinental railroads to Washington was completed in 1888. Most of the settlers of the 1880s and 1890s were from Wisconsin, Minnesota, and other western, midwestern, and eastern states. Others came from Canada and Europe.
The greatest influx of settlers started in the 1880s, when transport by rail became possible. The first of three transcontinental railroads to Washington was completed in 1888. Most of the settlers of the 1880s and 1890s were from Wisconsin, Minnesota, and other western, midwestern, and eastern states. Others came from Canada and Europe.
=== Websites  ===
*[http://cdm17061.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p17061coll11 Tacoma Public Library Ships and Shipping Index] to 13,000 individual records (as of July 2004) of ships built on the Pacific Coast and ships with a connection to the Pacific Northwest.
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2675039 Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Blaine, Washington, 7/1924 - 10/1956 National Archives Catalog]


=== Record Content  ===
=== Record Content  ===
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