TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A 72-foot-tall totem pole erected more than a century ago as a tourist attraction in western Washington but that has no connection with local tribes will be removed. The News Tribune reports that the totem pole at Firefighter’s Park in Tacoma will be removed in about a month following a decision by the Tacoma City Council on Tuesday. The totem pole erected in 1903 by local businessmen was meant to compete for tourists with a totem pole in Seattle. Two anonymous artists carved the totem pole in Tacoma at a lumberyard on Vashon Island.
Inauthentic totem pole to be removed from Tacoma park
