Ellensburg Daily Record

Profile for 1881

Cle Elum's Founding. In 1881 Walter and Barbara Reed filed a claim on Cle Elum. Built a cabin on 4th Street north of Pennsylvania Avenue. Walter Reed build the Reed House. Gave Cle Elum a cabin and ground for the first school. The paper mentions Reed built where Smith (Roslyn) Creek runs between 1st and 2nd Streets at the west end of town. In winter of 1881-1882 Jim Moore and Tom Gamble stayed in the cabin.

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