Well, We All Agree That X Marks *A* Spot

Greg Jensen
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Barley, a dog, stands in front of a monument reading "First house in Tacoma, built in 1865 25 yards from here by Job Carr, Tacoma's first settler, mayor, postmaster, judicial officer, notary public. Erected 1964 by Pierce County Pioneer & Historical Ass'n Endower, Howard Carr Jr."

Barley, a dog, stands in front of a monument reading “First house in Tacoma, built in 1865 25 yards from here by Job Carr, Tacoma’s first settler, mayor, postmaster, judicial officer, notary public. Erected 1964 by Pierce County Pioneer & Historical Ass’n Endower, Howard Carr Jr.”

Historical markers like this one really tickle me. Setting aside the degree to which this marker was placed and then pretty much abandoned, I also find it very funny that the reason his monument is 25 yards away from the location it is meant to commemorate is that the spot in question is probably dead-center in the middle of a parking lot. Everyone’s got different priorities! Get in there early if you want to place your marker precisely!