| Located just east of Puyallup is the "rhubarb Pie Capitol of the United States" Stop by to attend a play at the Sumner Performing Arts Center, taste local vintage wines at the Manfred Vierthaler Winery and tour the historic George Ryan House built in 1875 |
Sumner |
| First settled in 1853 by members of a wagon train which crossed over the Cascade Mountains through Naches Pass, Sumner became an agricultural community at the junction of the Puyallup River and Stuck Creek (now known as the White River). Major crops included daffodils, rhubarb, hops, berries, vegetables, and turf grass.
George Ryan came west from Wisconsin in 1873. He farmed 40 acres of fertile
valley land raising fruit, vegetables and hops, owned a sawmill, was
instrumental in building a large section of the business district and
helped establish a railroad depot. |
