Fife Living
 The history of Fife dates back to 1856. Members of the Puyallup Indian Tribe were the first permanent residents of Fife. They revised the Medicine Creek Indian Treaty and occupied the reservation that stretched roughly from Puyallup to Browns Point. Fife quickly became Potlatch Headquarters for the Puyallup, Nisqually and Squaxin Indian Tribes. This meant it also was the trading post for supplies and some of the biggest pow-wows north of the Puyallup River.
The name Fife was chosen in 1883 by the early settlers in honor of Colonel W. H. Fife who settled some of the Indian treaties and engineered the first water system in Tacoma. The fertile farm lands of Fife attracted many nationalities including Italians, Swiss, Scandinavian and Japanese. Many of these families and descendents still remain in our community and are a very important part of Fife culture. Fife has developed from a fertile farm area into a busy, growing commercial, hotel and industrial city. Intersected by Interstate 5, it is close to Sea-Tac Airport and at the doorstep to the Port of Tacoma. Fife is a natural location for manufacturing, retail and distribution businesses. Interstate 5 makes Fife a convenient and central location for tourists to visit the Puget Sound's scenic attractions. With over 15 hotels and 22 restaurants to fit every budget and need, Fife is a popular place for business travel, for vacations, for meetings or for conventions. Whether you're planning on taking a trip to the North Olympics, Seattle, Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens or Victoria, a day trip is easy to do to any of these locations from Fife. |
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