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On the evening of July 4th, 1889, a disastrous fire destroyed approximately 200 square blocks of the main downtown area of Ellensburg. Until this fire, Ellensburg was being considered for the capital of the hoped for new state of Washington. Note that on July 4th, 1889, Washington was then a territory but became a state on November 11, 1889.
Douglas Munro (1919-1942) is the ONLY member of the U. S. Coast Guard to receive the Medal of Honor, the military's highest medal. Douglas was a native-born Kittitas County citizen. You can learn more about this military hero by googling him and reading his Wikipedia entry.
Western artist John Ford Clymer (1907-1989) was born in Ellensburg. He painted more than 80 covers for the Saturday Evening Post and other magazines. The Clymer Museum in Ellensburg has many of his paintings in its gallery. Mr. Clymer and his wife Doris are buried in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) Cemetery in Ellensburg. This cemetery is also known as the Brick Road Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
The Airport in Ellensburg is named Bowers Field in honor of Ellensburg native son Ensign Keith Bowers who died at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Did you know that in the country music song “I've Been Everywhere” Kittitas County is mentioned as one of the places visited? Yes, the locality mentioned is our county seat town of ELLENSBURG! It is mentioned in the 4th verse. Check it out by Googling “I've Been Everywhere lyrics.”
Visit the cemetery and take a picture of the tombstone. Check the obituaries in that time frame.
If you're not sure which church your ancestor attended, search the churches closest to home first and then broaden your search in ever-widening circles. Check for cemetery records with the church, Sexton and Funeral Directors.
Church records may include births, christenings, marriages, deaths and burials. Be sure you have the correct church/religious denomination.
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We are indebted to Lee County Genealogy Society (FL) for a large majority of the "Facts" available on this page. Their list originally contained just over 490 facts. We have reduced that number for our site but will add some as we continue to build our new website.