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Ellensburg is also the home of Central Washington University (CWU). Ellensburg, originally named Ellensburgh for the wife of town founder John Alden Shoudy, was founded in 1871 and grew rapidly in the 1880s following the arrival of the Northern Pacific Railway. The city was once a leading candidate to become the state capital of Washington, but ...
4 miles east of Ellensburg near the Kittitas Highway 46°58′42″N 120°28′15″W / 46.978333°N 120.470833°W / 46.978333; -120.470833 ( Olmstead Place State Ellensburg
Its county seat and largest city is Ellensburg. [2] The county was created in November 1883 when it was carved out of Yakima County. [3] Kittitas County comprises the Ellensburg, Washington, Micropolitan Statistical Area. There are numerous interpretations of the county's name, which is from the language of the Yakama Nation.
Observers who had toured Seattle after its recent fire said the Ellensburg fire destroyed more property in less space. Losses were estimated to be more than $2,000,000 (equivalent to $51,402,010 in 2018). [7] [8] The sole surviving building in the downtown area was the Lynch block. [4] Built by John Nash in 1888 for $20,000, it is still ...
The institute was closed in 2013 when the remaining chimpanzees were transferred to facilities in Quebec, Canada and the building the facility was housed in, was demolished in 2018. Portions of the specialized structures used to house the chimps were dismantled and moved to the Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest in Cle Elum , for future use.
The sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) How IRS cuts could affect collections and enforcement
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The airfield was established in 1943 as Ellensburg Army Airfield and manned by the 302d Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron. Though planned as a fighter airfield for Fourth Air Force, it was taken over by Air Technical Service Command as a maintenance and supply depot, supporting transient Lend-Lease aircraft being flown to Alaska for subsequent transfer to the Soviet Union.