1959 Map of Spanaway

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Mc Chord Air Force Base and the Fort Lewis Military Reservation dominate the landscape of this 1950s survey, illustrating the significant military footprint in the region. The residential and commercial growth of Spanaway is visible in purple revisions from the late 1960s, encroaching on the open prairies and timbered tracts south of Spanaway Lake. Transport networks such as the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific railroad and the historical Military Road define the movement of people and goods through these plains.