Unknown Newspaper

A.H. Sylvester, Chief Ranger in Wenatchee in 1908, visited Salmon la Sac area in about 1911 and discovered an old blaze that was made by fur trappers between 1830 and 1840.

undated

http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/2486

Snoqualmie Pass Wagon Road Forest Service

Snoqualmie Pass Wagon Road Forest Service.

undated

http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/2485

Unknown Newspaper

Michael Fritz and Company lost their home in a fire at the mouth of the Teanaway River.

1874 November

http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/2484

Olympia Transcript

Wheat, cows, calves, flour, lumber, and pigs are all legal tender in the Kittitas Valley.

1874 April

http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/2483

Dalles Mountaineer

First thrasher in Kittitas County is owned by Lewis and White of the Anthum.

1872 November

http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/2482

Intelligence

Snoqualmie Pass Wagon Road open from Peterson's ranch at Snoqualmie Prairie to Thorp's Place.

1872 July

http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/2481

Ellensburg Daily Record

Profile for 1953

Pete Lake. Paper mentions it is also known as Iapia Lake.

1953 July

http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/2480

Ellensburg Daily Record

Profile for 1953

Cle Elum Fire. Bath house of the Independent Coal Company and various halls housed the homeless. Fire started in the rear of George Moss's racket store at 1:25 in the afternoon and spread to the Rose Theater.

Profile for 1953

http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/2479

Ellensburg Daily Record

Profile for 1934

Cassassa Store. John and Don Cassassa completed radio school in Los Angeles in 1934 and opened a business in Cle Elum where the Eagles Temple is located.

1953 July

http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/2478

Ellensburg Daily Record

Profile for 1910

Recreation and Cle Elum Band. There were 2 bands, a city band led by George Moss and an Italian band led by Mike Briskey. In about 1910 they merged together with Chris Alderson as leader. Band members were as follows: Celest Canori, M. Barton, Mickey and John O'Ban, John Hawks, John Moccom, John Lera, Henry and Lige Burge, Jim Bertello, Charles Moffett, George Moss, Joe and John Bausano, Steve Oversby, George Menegal, Walt Steele, Dominick and Jack Querio, Tommy Chapman, Pete and Frank Genaser, Albert Pistorezi, Pete Tenino, and Frank Koester. Steve Oversby let for a time but Jim Bertello took over during W.W.I. Bertello passed away in 1952.

1953 July

http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/2477

Ellensburg Daily Record

Profile for 1908

May 1908 Coast Magazine. Paper says 1908 edition is on Kittitas County. Magazine is reported to say the first prospecting in this field was done by Mr. Baily Willis in 1881. First mining by Jenson in 1885 and hauled to Ellensburg.

1953 July

http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/2476

Ellensburg Daily Record

Profile for 1890

Coal Pay Roll. In December of 1890 it was given $84,000 and by March 1891 it fell to $63,000.

1953 July

http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/2475

Ellensburg Daily Record

Profile for 1896

Roslyn's Diphtheria. In December 1896 the diphtheria epidemic closed schools, church services, and prohibited all public gatherings. Fall of 1900 a smallpox attack hit Roslyn.

1953 July

http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/2474

Ellensburg Daily Record

Profile for 1888

Roslyn Fire. By 1888, 1,000 to 2,000 people were in Roslyn. On June 22, 1888 a fire broke out between First and Second Streets above the railroad and the entire business district was destroyed.

1953 July

http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/2473

Ellensburg Daily Record

Profile for 1887

Roslyn's First School. First school on Dakota Avenue in spring 1887. Next year frame school house built on Brookside near the Catholic Church. Building was 50 x 30 and divided into 2 rooms. In 1890 four-room building was set up at Third and Dakota. 2 rooms were added later. Later still, a six-room primary school was added in 1900 and enlarged to 8 rooms. High school was built in 1910 on Second and Idaho. Building was torn down in 1937 and the high school was torn down in 1947.

1953 July

http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/2472

Ellensburg Daily Record

Profile for 1886

Roslyn's Coal Mines. A train load of Italian miners reached camp and 400 men spent the winter of 1886-1887 there.

1953 July

http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/2471

Ellensburg Daily Record

Profile for 1886

Cle Elum's First Mill. Tom Johnson set up the first saw mill south of the depot on the banks of the Yakima River.

1953 July

http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/2470

Ellensburg Daily Record

Profile for 1886

Coal in Roslyn. N.P. opens mines numbers 1 and 2 in 1886 under Logan M. Bullock as general manager and Henry Cottle as engineer. First coal is out in November.

1953 July

http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/2469

Ellensburg Daily Record

Profile for 1886

Roslyn Commercial History. The Coal Company in August opened a general store and saloon. Stood at corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 1st Street. They were diagonally across from each other. The company wanted to regulate the liquor traffic but failed.

1953 July

http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/2468

Ellensburg Daily Record

Profile for 1886

Founding of Roslyn. Logan M. Bullitt name, Roslyn on August 10, 1886.

1953 July

http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/2467