First six issues collected in a quarterly format of this early and short lived New Tacoma periodical, consisting of December 15, 1879; January 1 and 15, 1880; February 1 and 15, 1880; and March 1, 1880. The publisher's advertisement on the inner front wrapper states: "The 'North Pacific Coast,' will hereafter be issued Quarterly and Semi-Monthly. The North Pacific Coast is gaining favor with the public at home and abroad, and its circulation is constantly increasing. It is therefor an excellent advertising medium." The first newspaper in Tacoma appeared very shortly after the Northern Pacific announced the site as its choice for the line's western terminus, when Thomas W. Prosch launched the Pacific Tribune on August 9, 1873. Two years later, he moved the paper to Seattle and in 1877 and 1878 the Tacoma Herald and North Pacific Times appeared, respectively. The latter was published by Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Money and backed by funding from the Northern Pacific, but was also short lived, fo