Gertrude Craven Hightower

African-American; Roslyn, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History; Craven, Gertrude

Gertrude Craven Hightower is the daughter of Samuel L. and Ethel F. Craven. Gertrude was born and raised in Roslyn with her many brothers and sisters.

Ellensburg Public Library

Ellensburg Public Library

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Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn

Group of men, ca. 1890

African-American; Roslyn, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History

This early tintype photograph taken around 1890 shows the turn of the century dress and attire. The man standing on the left was carrying a gun for protection as did many of the early day residents of Roslyn, Washington Territory during the coal mine strikes in 1888 and 1889. The residents of the Roslyn area were very tolerant of many different ethnic and racial groups of people.

Ellensburg Public Library

ca. 1890

Lovell, Charles; Ellensburg Public Library; Washington Commission for Humanities

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Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn

Harriet Jackson Williams, 1922

African-American; Roslyn, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History; Labor disputes; Mining; Strikes

Harriet Jackson Taylor Williams came from Braidwood, Illinois to Roslyn in September 1888 with one small son. Harriet, born in Richmond, Virginia in 1871, journeyed with the wives and families of Black miners brought to Roslyn to break the coal mine strikes. Mrs. Williams, the mother of Ethel Williams Craven, owned large farms around grandview, Washington. Harriet Williams died in 1926. This picture was taken in 1922.

Ellensburg Public Library

1922

Ellensburg Public Library

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Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 1898

Roslyn, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History; Churches

James J. Quinn helped raise money to build the Roslyn church in 1887. The parish was formed from the Ellensburg St. Andrew's parish in 1886.

Ellensburg Public Library

1898

Ellensburg Public Library

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Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn

Independent Mine - Cle Elum

Cle Elum, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History; Mining; Coal mining

Independent Mine Company operated a coal mine in Cle Elum.

Ellensburg Public Library

Ellensburg Public Library

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Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn

J. S. Baer telegram, 1889

Roslyn, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History; Mining; Labor disputes; Strikes; African-American

Northern Pacific Coal Company official J. S. Baer informed John Kongley of coal mine situation in Roslyn. More African-American miners were brought to Roslyn from Illinois as strike breakers.

Ellensburg Public Library

1889

Ellensburg Public Library

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Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn

James Shepperson, labor recruiter, ca. 1915

African-American; Roslyn, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History; Labor disputes; Shepperson, James; Strikes; Mining; Coal mines

James Shepperson, Kittitas County businessman and labor recruiter in the 1880s and 1890s, was an early spokesman for the black community. He was the original founder of the Black Mason group in Washington State. Shepperson was also one of the Seattle branch of the International Council of the World in 1901. This ca. 1915 photograph was from a newspaper article.

Ellensburg Public Library

ca. 1915

Ellensburg Public Library

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Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn

Joyce Craven Greenwood, 1951

African-American; Roslyn, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History; Craven, Joyce

Joyce Craven Greenwood, the daughter of Samuel and Ethel Craven, is shown in this 1951 photograph with her first grade class at a Portland, Oregon elementary school. Joyce Greenwood taught school for many years.

Ellensburg Public Library

1951

Ellensburg Public Library

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Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn

Leola May McClain, ca. 1923

African-American; Roslyn, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History

Leola Mae McClain was the daughter of Ethel Williams McClain (Craven) and her first husband. This picture was taken about 1923 when Leola was about one year old.

Ellensburg Public Library

ca. 1923

Ellensburg Public Library

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Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn

Lidge Williams, ca.1930

African-American; Roslyn, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History; Cle Elum, Washington; Mine railroad

Lidge Williams standing on mine railroad tracks in Cle Elum Washington during the 1930s. Lidge was one of many African-Americans living in the Roslyn - Cle Elum area employed by the railroads or the coal mining company.

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ca.1930

Ellensburg Public Library

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Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn

Lydel Roberts, 1917

African-American; Roslyn, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History

In 1917 Lydel Roberts, a member of Roslyn's African-American community posed for this photgraph.

Ellensburg Public Library

1917

Ellensburg Public Library

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Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn

Machine shop N.W.I. Company, 1900

Roslyn, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History; Coal mining

A group of miners and machinists posed in front of the Northwestern Improvement Company's machine shop in 1900. Among the men were William Thompson, Harry Smith, Ole Pearson, S. Graves, Johnny Cusworth, and Jack Cadwell.

Ellensburg Public Library

1900

Ellensburg Public Library

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Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn

Mark and Brice Jefferson

African-American; Roslyn, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History; Craven, Luele

Mark and Brice Jefferson sitting on the lap of Santa Claus and the twin sons of Luele Craven Jefferson and the grandsons of Ethel F. Craven.

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Ellensburg Public Library

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Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn

Mine and mountains, 1919

Cle Elum, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History; Coal mining

Coal mining no. 7 at Cle Elum during the winter of 1919. The branch coal train runs next to the mine tipple.

Ellensburg Public Library

1919

Ellensburg Public Library

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Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn

Mine tipple and miner's homes

Cle Elum, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History; Coal mining; Coal miners

Coal mining in the Cle Elum area offered many men employment. The mine tipple or mine entrance was located close to the mining family homes.

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Ellensburg Public Library

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Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn

Miners in mine entrance, ca.1917

Roslyn, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History; Mining; Coal mining; Strikes; Labor disputes

For many men in the Roslyn area, mining was a way of life. Often two or three generations of the same family worked the mines. Four coal miners are shown standing in the entrance of the mine.

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ca.1917

Ellensburg Public Library

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Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn

Mr. & Mrs. Powell Barnett, ca.1924

African-American; Roslyn, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History; Barnett, Powell Benjamin; coal miners

Roslyn pioneers Powell Benjamin Barnett and his wife the former Mrs. Johnson posed for a picture in Roslyn about 1924. Powell Benjamin Barnett arrived in Roslyn in the late 1880s to work in the coal mines. Powell Benjamin died in 1939 and Melinda Johnson Barnett died on Nov. 25, 1944.

Ellensburg Public Library

ca.1924

Ellensburg Public Library

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Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn

Mr. & Mrs. Sam Packwood, 1915

Roslyn, Washington; Ellensburg, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History; Packwood, Samual; Sheriffs

Kittitas County Sheriff Sam Packwood (1842-1924) was a stabilizing force during the Roslyn Mine strikes of 1888 and 1889. Sam Packwood arrived in the Kittitas Valley in 1874 with his wife Margaret Holmes Packwood. He was County Sheriff from 1884-1889.

Ellensburg Public Library

1915

Ellensburg Public Library

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Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn

Mrs. Bessie Wilson

African-American; Roslyn, Washington; Ellensburg, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History

Mrs. Bessie E. Wilson was a hard working member of Kittitas County's African-American community. She lived in Ellensburg for many years and died Dec. 13, 1936.

Ellensburg Public Library

Ellensburg Public Library

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Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn

Mrs. Samuel Craven, Sr., ca. 1900

African-American; Roslyn, Washington; Kittitas County (Wash.) - History; Craven, Mrs. Samuel

Mrs. Samuel Craven, Sr., the mother of Samuel Lawrence Craven, lived in Texas in 1900 when this photograph was taken. Members of the Craven family arrived in Roslyn to work the coal mines in 1912 and 1922.

Ellensburg Public Library

ca. 1900

Ellensburg Public Library

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Washington (State) - Kittitas County - Roslyn