Tacoma Racing Pigeon Club

A brief history of the Tacoma Racing Pigeon Club
The date of the AU charter was March 14, 1934, which
still hangs on the wall at the clubhouse. The photo on our
home page was an original photo taken shortly after it
was built in the early 1940’s.
The AU Charter shows 29 members names written on it.
The earliest being 1934 and the last ones being 1941.
There was room on the charter for 40 names, but the
blanks were never filled in. It might have had something
to do with the war in progress.
We understand that the property was purchased by
C.W.Wood and the members repaid him later. He lived in
the same neighborhood at the time. He became a
member in 1939 and the clubhouse was built a few years
later by the general membership.
In those days we understand that there was only the
Tacoma club, Greater Seattle and the Everett club in this
area. In the earlier years the Tacoma club flew from the
east and shipped by rail as far away as eastern Idaho.
The birds were shipped in wicker baskets and were
instructed to be released upon arrival by railroad
personnel.
Later the clubs started the Northwest Federation and flew
from the south as we do now.
We welcome any input to the history of the TRPC or
correction to the few paragraghs above. Email us with
any information you might have