Ellensburg

Ellensburg
/el"euhnz berrg'/, n.
a town in central Washington. 11,752.

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      city, seat (1883) of Kittitas county, central Washington, U.S., on the Yakima River, 28 miles (45 km) north of Yakima. The first white man settled there in 1867, and three years later the valley's first trading post, called Robbers Roost, was opened. The community bore that name until 1875, when John Shoudy platted a town site and named it for his wife, Ellen. The building of the Northern Pacific Railway through to Puget Sound in 1886 spurred the community's growth, and by 1889 Ellensburg was populous enough to have been a leading candidate for the site of the Washington state capital. Central Washington University, founded as a teachers college (Washington State Normal School) in 1890, is still a major source of employment.

      Ellensburg cherishes a Wild West tradition and is the site of the state's major rodeo (Labor Day weekend); the area, which is on the western edge of the high desert, is also known for its dude ranches. Sheep and cattle are raised there, and hay, wheat, and potatoes are grown on land irrigated through the Yakima Reclamation Project. Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park (with numerous species of agatized wood and, at 7,469 acres [3,023 hectares], one of the world's largest petrified forests) is 28 miles (45 km) east. Inc. town, 1883; city, 1886. Pop. (1990) 12,360; (2000) 15,414.

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