Thorp (Washington)

Thorp
Mill weir at the historic Thorp Mill
Location in Washington
Thorp
Basic data
Foundation :	1868; July 9, 1895 ( real estate map drawn up)
State :	United States
State :	Washington
County :	Kittitas County
Coordinates :	47 ° 4 ′  N , 120 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 4 ′  N , 120 ° 40 ′  W
Time zone :	Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 )
Residents :	240 (as of 2010)
Population density :	75 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	3.2 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 3.2 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land
Height :	499 m
Postal code :	98946
Area code :	+1 509
FIPS :	53-71225
GNIS ID :	1527125
Location of Thorp in Kittitas County

Thorp ( θɔːrp ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kittitas County in the State of Washington . As of the 2010 United States Census , Thorp had 240 residents. The area (in the same postcode area; called Thorpite) had 695 inhabitants at the same time. The inhabitants are called Thorpians (English: Thorpian).

The place Thorp is 159.9 km east of Seattle , 14.95 km northwest of Ellensburg and 24.48 km southeast of Cle Elum . Thorp is located near the western end of the Kittitas Valley , where the high-lying forests of the Cascade Range provide space for cattle breeding and hay meadows, as well as fields for alfalfa, vegetables and fruit.

Thorp is named after Fielden Mortimer Thorp, who is believed to be the first permanent white settler in the Kittitas Valley. In 1868 he founded a farmstead at the entrance to the Taneum Canyon ( ˈteɪn.əm ) near today's village of Thorp. Klála (from the Sahaptin ), an Indian village and at the time of the arrival of the whites, the largest indigenous settlement in the Kittitas Valley, was about a mile (1.6 km) above the present-day settlement.

geography

The canyon of the Yakima River near the village of Thorp

According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of ​​3.2 square kilometers, which does not include water.

The location Thorp is above the flood plain of the upper Yakima River at an altitude of 499 m, near the western shore directly opposite the area of Hayward-Hill - landslide and Clark Flats , near the southeastern transition of the Yakima River Canyon at the foot of Thorp Prairie . To the southwest of the city is the Taneum Canyon , to the west of it Elk Heights , the Morrison Canyon and Sunlight Waters , a private residential complex created by the division of land . Ellensburg, the county seat , is southeast of Thorp.

To the northwest of the location at the junction of Washington State Route 10 and Thorp Highway , the Yakima River emerges from the canyon into a basalt bed, the uppermost layers of which are estimated to be 10.5 million years old. The Thorp Prairie rests on the basalt layers and ended at a deep canyon of Miocene basalt columns that were exposed by Swauk Creek ; whose headwaters are north of the Blewett Pass on US Highway 97 . The deposits of the Thorp Prairie were formed during the Thorp glaciation .

topography

North and northeast of the location along the course of the Yakima River lies the Thorp Drift , a steep rise in height due to the terminal moraine , which marks the furthest advance of the Thorp glaciation . Here the Thorp gravel , named after the village of Thorp and the Thorp glaciation, emerges as a "slide" along the old river bed. The gravel beds were formed at the end of the Thorp Glacier about 600,000 years ago.

The Thorp gravel itself is believed to be three to four million years old. The entire structure is made up of individually deposited bands of gravel and sand that are not strongly connected to each other; Constantly exposed to the weather, with an average slope of 30 degrees they are prone to progressive erosion and landslides . The area is rich in wildlife such as bald eagles and ospreys that hunt for prey along the river. It is also a change for deer and elk , who often use the river as a watering hole at dawn and dusk.

About seven miles (11.2 km) west of Thorp are the first glimpses of the Columbia River Plateau , where the Yakima River cuts the westernmost boundary of the Basalt Plateau . The basalt of the Columbia Plateau was formed when lava emerged from underground fissures throughout what is now eastern Washington during the Miocene (17 to 20 million years ago) . The eruptions continued periodically over a period of more than ten million years. Many layers of basalt flowed successively over each other, also backwards, as long as the terrain was level. The volcanoes of the Cascade mountain range common to the following Miocene lava flows ash , slag, pumice stone and gravel and mud over the entire region, which eventually led to the integration with the alternating layers of basalt.

The Interstate 90 pierces the Thorp drift which the oldest and most well-known glacial advance in the Kittitas Valley marked. The change in vegetation is more evident in the region. These changes are the result of a drop in elevation of approximately 430 m (1,400 ft) from the apex of Snoqualmie Pass to Thorp, and a significant decrease in average annual rainfall from 2,718 mm at Snoqualmie Pass to 1,090 mm in Thorp.

At the foot of the Thorp drift moraine, the view opens into the Kittitas Valley , which is buried deep under the gravel layers of the prehistoric Yakima River. This valley is a syncline that forms the Ellensburg Basin , located between Mission Ridge in the north and Manastash Ridge in the south. The Ellensburg Basin, actually the Ellensburg Formation , consists of almost 1,200 m of rock, sand and gravel that were deposited over a period of two to ten million years during the Miocene and Lower Pliocene .

climate

The climate in Thorp shows moderate temperatures (around 20 ° C) in summer and low temperatures (down to −10 ° C) in winter. The warmest month is July with average maximum temperatures of 25 ° C and average minimum temperatures of 11 ° C. The coldest month of the year is January with average temperatures between −9 ° C and 1 ° C. The temperature differences between night and day are rather high in summer and can amount to around 15 K, while they are low in winter and rise to freezing point or just below during the day and then drop well below zero at night.

Temperatures drop noticeably in October, while rainfall increases from less than 12 mm to more than 120 mm in the monthly mean. This trend continues through late autumn and winter , with rainfall dropping dramatically in April, accompanied by a gradual rise in temperature in late spring and summer.

There are significant changes in precipitation during the year, with 230 mm and 202 mm of rain and snow falling in December and January, respectively . The rainfall in summer is less than 12 mm on average, with the lowest rainfall falling in July with an average of 1.8 mm.

Thorp, Washington
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     202   1 -9     163   3 -4     137   6th -3     25th   9 0     31   16 3     34   19th 7th     1.8   25th 11     2.8   22nd 9     11   20th 6th     118   11 1     135   6th -2     230   2 -4 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: fizber.com

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Thorp, Washington Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 1 3 6th 9 16 19th 25th 22nd 20th 11 6th 2 O 11.7 Min. Temperature (° C) -9 -4 -3 0 3 7th 11 9 6th 1 -2 -4 O 1.3 Precipitation ( mm ) 202 163 137 25th 31 34 1.8 2.8 11 118 135 230 Σ 1,090.6 Source: fizber.com

Surrounding localities

Roslyn Cle Elum South Cle Elum	Yakima River
Sunlight Waters Thorp Prairie
Taneum Canyon Taneum Creek		Ellensburg Kittitas

Demographics

As of the 2000 census , there were 273 residents, 103 households and 74 families in Thorp. The population density was 85.7 per km ². There were 107 housing units at a mean density of 33.6 per km².

The population was 93.41% white , 1.1% Indian , 1.83% other "races" and 3.66% two or more "races" . Hispanics or Latinos of "any race" made up 2.2% of the population.

Of the 103 households, 44.7% had children under the age of 18, 56.3% were run by married couples living together, and 14.6% by single mothers; 27.2% were non-families. 24.3% of the households were singles and 6.8% were single persons over 65 years of age. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.17.

The median age in the city was 36 years. 33% of the population were under 18, 4.8% between 18 and 24, 27.1% between 25 and 44, 26% between 45 and 64 and 9.2 65 years or older. There were 113.3 men for every 100 women, and 96.8 men for every 100 women over the age of 18.

All information on median income relates to the median. The median household income was US $ 33,125 compared to US $ 45,625 for families. Men had a median income of US $ 31,250 versus US $ 22,500 for women. The per capita income was US $ 17,772. About 5.6% of families and 5.9% of the total population lived below the poverty line ; this affected 5.2% of those under 18 and 19.2% of those over 65.

history

Indians

The Kittitas Valley was occupied by the Kittitas ( Sahaptin (Ichishkíin Sɨ́nwit) : Ki-tatash ) or Upper Yakama , hunting and food-gathering groups of Cayuse and Nez Percé also roamed the valley. The region was abundant in berries, fish, and game, and neighboring tribes met each April or May to collect Indian onions ( Allium spp. ), Indian potatoes ( Claytonia lanceolata ), and bread roots ( Lomatium canbyi ). The various tribes negotiated with the early British and American fur traders as a counterpart with horses and cultivated previously peaceful relations with the missionaries of the Catholic Church make Jesuits .

In the 1840s, white settlers began pouring into the Oregon Territory (later the Washington Territory ); they brought measles and other diseases deadly to indigenous peoples. This, coupled with cultural differences such as agriculture, which defiled the spirit of the earth by plowing the soil , led to confrontations between Indians and white settlers.

The largest indigenous settlement in the Kittitas Valley when the white settlers arrived was Klála , a village of about 500 people, about a mile (1.6 km) above today's Thorp on the Yakima River across from the mouth of Taneum Creek. Farther upstream, about six miles (9.6 km) northwest of present-day Thorp, there was the village of Tátxanixsha , and four miles (6.4 km) below Thorp there was a village called Yumi'sh with about 400 inhabitants.

Among the earliest records of the encounter between Indians and the Frontiersmen in the Kittitas Valley are reports from 1858, the summer of the Yakima War , when large contingents of Wanapum from the Priest Rapids camped at the exit of Taneum Canyon very near the present-day town of Thorp. They were led by Smohalla , the legendary prophet whose name is associated with the Waashat religion of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest . Smohalla claimed to have had visions during his dreams . He preached the return to the form of life before the arrival of the whites, which included ritual music and dances . His speech was called Yuyunipitqana (English "Shouting Mountain"; about "roaring mountain").

There were rumors that Smohalla was preparing a battle . An exchange took place during which Reverend George W. Kennedy, a Methodist preacher for the border guards, traveled to the camp in an attempt to establish peace as he expected hostility from the large Indian crowd. From what has been said, Smohalla was not easily intimidated. "He looked like a king. Stolid as a statue ”(something like:“ He looked like a king , stubborn as a statue ”), said Kennedy after meeting him. The preacher warned, “God had made us all brothers and not enemies” and “the Great Father want [s] us all to live together in peace on earth.” (For example: “God made us all brothers, not enemies "And" the Great Father wants us all to live together in peace on earth . ")

If this is true , Smohalla asked, “Why has the white man taken our lands from us? Has the white man any rights here in [the] Kittitas that the Indian has any right to respect? The Indian came first. "(For example:" Why did the white man take our land? Does the white man here in [the] Kittitas have any rights that the Indians should respect? The Indians were here first. ")

It was Kennedy who conceded "an unanswerable speech ... And I promised utmost friendship on the part of the white brothers. We gave them our hand shake and pronounced benediction of God on them, and Chief Smohalla agreed to accept that as the Pipe of Peace. "(For example:" a speech that made no answer possible ... And I promised the greatest friendship on the part of the whites Brothers. We put our hands on it and asked God's blessing for them, and Chief Smohalla agreed to this under the sign of the pipe of peace . ")

The pioneering days

There were few settlers in the Kittitas Valley until the mid-1850s . The first covered wagon trains with immigrants, led by David Longmore, crossed the region in 1853. In the same year George B. McClellan explored the valley on behalf of the Northern Pacific Railroad , and two years later Charles Splawn briefly roamed the area.

Andrew Jackson Splawn, who crossed the valley with his herds of cattle on his way to the nearby mines in 1861 , wrote of his experiences:

"It was on the fourth day out that we came to the beautiful Kittitas valley. This valley, as it looked that day to me, a boy of 16, was the lovliest [sic] spot I had ever seen. To the west stood the great Cascade range; to the north rose the snow-capped peaks of the Peshastin to guard the beautiful valley below where the Yakima River wound its way full-length, while from the mountains on the north flowed numerous small streams and the whole plain was covered with a thick coat of grass. "

(For example: "We were on the road for the fourth day and came to the beautiful Kittitas Valley. This valley, as it looked to me, a boy of 16, was the loveliest spot I had ever seen. In the west stood the great cascade chain ; to the north grew the snow-capped peaks of the Stuart Range ”( Peshastin rose up like guardians of the valley at their feet, where the Yakima River wound its entire course through the landscape, while many small rivers flowed from the northern mountains. The whole plain was covered by a thick fur made of grass . )

Thorp is named after Fielden Mortimer Thorp (1822-1894), the first permanent white settler in the Kittitas Valley.

Fielden Mortimer (FM) Thorp is believed to be the first white settler in the Yakima Valley , even before he later moved to the friendly surroundings of what is now Thorp. In Yakima County 1865 a rudimentary County government was formed, the shops were at the home of FM Thorp near Moxee transferred before another suitable place could be found.

With the opening of Snoqualmie Wagon Road in 1867, settlers hesitantly began to occupy the valley; the route corresponds roughly to today's Interstate 90 from Seattle via Thorp to Ellensburg. Among those early adventurers were FM Thorp and Charles Splawn, whose families were united by the marriage of Charles Splawn, brother of Senator Andrew Jackson Splawn of Yakima, and Thorp's daughter Dulcena in 1863.

They became the first white settlers in Kittitas Valley in 1868 and built the houses for the thorps and splawns at the exit of Taneum Canyon on the banks of Taneum Creek. This place, not much more than a mile (1.6 km) from the present location of Thorp, offered ideal shelter for the wintering cattle and also water and fertile soil for agriculture . Charles Splawn ran a pub or inn at this location as an overnight stop for travelers on the Snoqualmie Trail .

Shortly thereafter, the families of FM Thorp and Charles Splawn reunited with their friend Walter J. Reed, the second settler in the Kittitas Valley who later formed the Cle Elum community . Tillman Houser, another early settler who took his family over Snoqualmie Pass and settled on Coleman Creek , entered the valley on June 16 of that year. Martin Dervan and his wife later joined him. The first post office in the Kittitas Valley was established as Taneum Station in the home of FM Thorp in 1869.

Antoine Bertram moved to the Thorp area with friends Charles Splawn and FM Thorp. Here he is wearing a deerskin doublet and a pearl-embroidered hat

Lucy Pahofta Bertram was the daughter of the Indian John. She lived in the Thorp area with her husband Antoine. Here she wears completely traditional clothing with elaborate pearl embroidery on her hat.

Antoine Bertram was a Yakama Indian who moved to the Thorp area with the families of Charles Splawn and FM Thorp. He worked the land with his first wife Emma Pahofta, the daughter of Indian John (after whom Indian John Hill and the Indian John Hill rest area on Interstate 90 between Cle Elum and Thorp are named). He later married Emma's sister, Lucy Pahofta. Antoine helped Thorp and Splawn look after the cattle. Keneho, another of friendly descendant of the Yakama, got Charles Splawn ten dollars for each post-carriage from Taneum Station Post Office on the Snoqualmie Trail .

One of the puzzling sights in the Thorp area is a stone slab at Tamarack Springs in Taneum Canyon, denoting a grave and with the inscription "A White Woman's Grave" (for example: "Grave of a white woman"). The grave belongs to the wife of Al Williams, who was killed at the springs in 1870. Williams and his wife were traveling through the area and lost their bearings . An Indian showed them the Tamarack Trail because it was the shortest route to a settlement . In a hurry to reach her destination, the woman's horse tripped over a log and fell. A letter written by Charles Splawn explains the tragic event:

"Because his wife was expecting a baby, they started to go to a settlement. The horse Mrs. Williams was riding fell while jumping a log. The child was born prematurely and the mother and baby died. Williams buried his wife and child as best he could. And rode down into the valley. He afterwards came back to remove the bodies. Thorp, Splawn and Rego advised him not to. They told him she was a pioneer's daughter and a pioneer's wife and she should rest in a pioneer grave. "

(For example: "Because his wife was expecting a child, they tried to reach a settlement. Mrs. Williams' horse fell when it jumped over a tree trunk. A premature birth occurred and mother and child died. Williams buried his wife and child like this well he could and rode down into the valley. He came back later to transfer the corpses. Thorp, Splawn and Rego advised against it. They said she was the daughter of a pioneer and the wife of a pioneer and should have one in the grave Pioneers rest. ")

Years later, according to old Mrs. WD Bruton of Thorp, a sign was placed over the grave by Matt Pointer, who was roaming the area with his cattle to protect the grave of a white woman from vandalism . Eventually, a fence was built around the tomb and stones were placed over it to protect it from pets . After his wife's death, Williams moved to Puget Sound and operated a ferry on the Nisqually River ; eventually he moved to California , where his brother owned a stagecoach line. Today the grave is located off Road 3120 on Washington Department of Natural Resources land on a fenced-off area separated from the springs by a meadow .

The Thorp-Splawn Pioneer Cemetery about is one mile (1.6 km) southwest of the local situation of Thorp on the north side of the Interstate 90 in a field of Freeway is visible from. There are two graves each with the names Splawn and Thorp, as well as twelve unmarked graves. Ten of the twelve are direct descendants of FM Thorp, two are not identified. The designated graves belong to Dulcena Heelen and Violet Vivian Splawn, as well as to Fielden M. and Margaret Thorp. The Thorp Splawn Cemetery was neglected until 1964, when the Terra Firma Garden Club of Thorp restored the area. However, the assignment of grave slabs and graves was impossible after all these years, so that it is not certain that those recorded on the slabs also rest in the graves.

Other early settlers of the Thorp area included Herman Page, JH Stevens, WD Killmore, AT Mason, George O'Hare, George and Jacob Forgey, John Newman and John C. Goodwin. Goodwin was later named Kittitas County's first sheriff at the first Ellensburg local government meeting on December 17, 1883. John Ellison and Amy Childs of Thorp were family members of the first settlers in the area and were given their first marriage license in Kittitas in 1884 County.

Thorp Mill
National Register of Historic Places
NRHP
Thorp Mill (2009)
location	Thorp, Washington
Coordinates	47 ° 4 '27.4 "  N , 120 ° 41' 0.6"  W.
Built	1883
architect	Oren Hutchinson
NRHP number	77001343
The NRHP added	November 23, 1977

In the 1870s what would become Thorp was known as Pleasant Grove and was part of Yakima County . On July 6, 1872, the Pleasant Grove Post Office was established west of the Yakima River on the ranch of John S. Vaughn, and the Taneum Post Office ceased operations on April 7 of the following year as there was no need for duplication of services. Despite the fact that Pleasant Grove was one of the earliest places to be populated in Kittitas County, it would remain sparsely populated for the next decade ; Livestock was the primary occupation .

In the early 1880s, agriculture began to prevail in the area around Thorp and freely available pastureland shrank in terms of area. The Pleasant Grove Post Office was relocated to the small industrial area in 1880 , which was established by the establishment of a sawmill and - three years later - a flour mill . The new settlement was hoping for the construction of a station of the railway , as the Northern Pacific Railroad voiced its intentions clear soon a build those in the valley near the village.

Era of the lumberjack and railroad town

In 1878, James L. Mills crossed the Puget Sound Cascade Range on foot and saw the great opportunities in Kittitas Valley. In 1879 he built a sawmill west of the present-day location and branched off water from the Yakima River to drive the wheels of his sawmill. The sawmill was processing 7,000 feet of wood a day.

Dissatisfied with the sawmill, Mills devised a way to power the North Star Mill , a grain mill built by Oren Hutchinson in Thorp in 1883 , with the same mill wheels to provide fodder for cattle and flour for the residents. The mill was well known for its leading brand “Tip Top”.

The Pleasant Grove Post Office was relocated near the mills in 1880 and changed its name to Milton Post Office to reflect the name of the small settlement that had sprung up on the site; it was named after Milton Young. It consisted of various farms northwest of today's location of Thorp until 1884, when it was rebuilt with the assistance of James L. Mills at the flour mill of Thorp; Mills named the settlement "Oren" after Oren Hutchinson. In 1889 the name of the post office was changed to "Thorp" to bring the name into line with that used by the Northern Pacific Railroad for the settlement, and in 1895 the post office was moved to the station and the settlement around it.

Only the irrigation system made it possible to operate the mills in Thorp. The agricultural land is the oldest irrigated in Kittitas County. The Manastash Canal was completed in 1875, followed later that year by the Taneum Ditch Company . The Westside Irrigation Canal , which flows just south of the town of Thorp, was started in June 1889 and the first water use was in 1890. It is 14 miles (22.4 km) long and an average of twelve feet (3.6 m) wide. The original construction cost for the Westside Canal was US $ 30,000.

By and large, Thorp owes its existence to the plans of the Northern Pacific Railroad . While the original settlement was undoubtedly influenced by the covered wagon trails over the Snoqualmie Pass, it was the branch line over the Cascade Range that ultimately determined the location of the place. The construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad reached Thorp in 1887 when the management of the railway company had the track built about a mile (1.6 km) outside of town and named the stop after the intrepid pioneer FM Thorp and his family.

Train No. 255 of the Northern Pacific on arrival at Thorp. (Photo ca.1900)

It took two years to move the Northern Pacific route from Old Town (now Union Gap ) to Thorp. Chinese workers or "coolies" were first used to lay the tracks; then again to expand Milwaukee Road through the Kittitas Valley. An operating post of the Northern Pacific was located in Thorp, where regular employees were accommodated, while the Chinese workers were accommodated in their own sleeping cars .

Horse cart with hay near Thorp. (Photo ca.1900)

In 1895 the station was relocated with the extension of the main line to its current location and integrated into the city. The place Thorp developed around this station ; Repair and shipping facilities were built as well as the warehouses.

The current location was settled in 1878 by the Newman family. On July 9, 1895, a three-block town around the Northern Pacific Railway Station was parceled out by John M. and Sarah Isabel Newman . In May 1890, Milford A. Thorp, a son of FM Thorp, added Thorp's addition by bringing to the town the land he had acquired from James McMurray in 1885. Houses and businesses quickly sprang up and small farms sprang up on the borders.

The first shop was opened in Thorp in 1895 by JE Veach. The first hotel was Thorp House , founded in 1893 by A. St. John. The hotel was replaced by Tanum House in 1903, which was built and operated by JF Duncan.

The newspaper Ellensburg Dawn wrote in the spring of 1901 about the emerging small town:

"The little village of Thorp, nine miles up the road, is one of the nicest little places in Central Washington. It is quiet, no saloons to mar the pleasure of the inhabitants, has a good church, a good public school building, a sawmill and a good flouring mill, both of which are operated by water power, a manufacturing establishment - land roller and box factory, and in fact you can get about all the accommodations in Thorp you can get in many towns of much larger population. We are glad Thorp is in Kittitas County. "

(For example: "The little village of Thorp, nine miles up the street, is one of the prettiest little towns in central Washington. It's quiet, no saloons disturb the entertainment of the locals; it has a good church, school building, sawmill and a thriving flour mill, both hydropowered, manufacturing - wagon wheels and boxes, and indeed all of the facilities can be found even in much larger places. We're glad to have Thorp in Kittitas County. "

In 1907, the energy of the water wheels was North Star Mill to drive a boiler used one 40 horsepower - Dynamo drive; electricity was used two days a week to clean clothes and to light the apartments for a few hours every evening. This gave Thorp the position of the first electric town in Washington and the smallest unrecognized town with electric light .

The construction of a Milwaukee Road station in 1909 meant that Thorp was the first railroad stop where the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad and the Northern Pacific Railroad crossed, making Thorp a major knot of the time. The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad operated their primary construction centers in Lower Kittitas County, including delivery and delivery within the Thorp area. The payroll department and the headmaster were also located in Thorp.

The US Postal Service transported mail to and from Thorp on Northern Pacific wagons. Before valuable time was lost due to stops, rail mail cars were fitted with large hooks that picked up the mail bags as they passed in the station. A passenger train ran daily to Ellensburg and the stops beyond; it stopped in Thorp at 11:30 a.m. and again on the way back at 4:00 p.m., followed by another westbound train at 11:00 p.m.

Commercial buildings in Thorp

The Tanum House Hotel , later called the Thorp Hotel , was destroyed by fire in 1938. (Photo ca.1915)

FC Porter Dry Goods (Photo ca.1915)

Thorp Mercantile Company & General Store. (Photo ca.1915)

Red & White Store (Photo ca.1930)

Thorp Garage with the Thorp Hotel (formerly: Tanum House) in the background. (Photo ca.1935)

Boomtown era and after

Over the first decades of the 20th century, the town's economy remained stable and the population peaked at around 400 inhabitants. Eugene B. Brain wrote in The Coast magazine about the thriving city of Thorp poised to enter its boomtown era:

"The people of Thorp are prosperous and well-to-do. The business interests are represented by two general stores, a fine hotel, drug store, restaurant, livery, meat market, blacksmith shop, saw mill, flouring mill, numerous fruit packers and shippers and other pursuits [...] with a bright present , a prosperous and large future lies before the town. Thorp is bound to grow and with its enterprising and progressive residents a magnificent town is assured - a town of wealth and importance for Kittitas County. "

(For example: "The people in Thorp are wealthy and prosperous. The business activities are marked by two general stores, an excellent hotel, a pharmacy, a restaurant, a boarding house, a meat market, a farrier, a sawmill, a grain mill, several fruit packers and dispatchers and other lines of business [...] so that after the bright present there is a great future ahead of the city. Thorp is bound to grow and its enterprising and progressive residents ensure a splendid city - an important city of prosperity in Kittitas County. "

In the late 1920s and 1930s, Thorp experienced a notable economic boost despite the Great Depression that had gripped the nation.

This period of growth and prosperity was nurtured by an influx of woodworkers from Taneum Canyon, where the Cascade Logging Company maintained a mobile logging camp. In 1928 Thorp became one of the main bases for the Kittitas division of the Bureau of Reclamation for the Yakima Project , which focused on building the Highline Canal , a venture that brought additional activity to the site.

This coincided with the establishment of Camp Taneum as Measure 4771 of the Civilian Conservation Corps in nearby Taneum Canyon, which brought at least 189 young men to the camp from as far away as New York to work, many of whom went to Thorp for shopping and entertainment . Camp Taneum was wound up in July 1938 and its workers were distributed to Fort Snelling, Minnesota, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and Little Rock, Arkansas for continued employment.

The surge in the economy brought workers to the town who wanted social services; the absence of alcohol during the prohibition era made Ellison's Hall a major attraction. Located on the corner of Railroad Street (Thorp Highway) and First Street, Ellison's had a club-like atmosphere on Saturday nights. Many Ladies' Aid Society parties and dance events such as Larry's Harmony Aces and Pinky's Roamers were also held here.

On the morning of May 24, 1938, a major fire destroyed several small shops; this included the Thorp Hotel and a commercial building with the club rooms of the lodges of Odd Fellows and its branch organization International Association of Rebekah Assemblies .

The Thorp Hotel was initially run as "Tanum House" by JF Duncan; later it was taken over by Frank and Callie Mattox. The name was changed sometime in the 1920s and the house was subsequently run by Harrison and Nancy Barrett from 1924 to 1930. At the time of the fire, Ray Long was the owner.

None of the shops destroyed by the fire in 1938 were rebuilt; the business district was again hit by fire on August 16, 1943, when other business buildings burned down. The flames grew into a major fire and could only be brought under control by units of the state forest and a fire-fighting train from Ellensburg.

The realization that the fire could have had far more serious consequences, together with the earlier fires in the village, gave the impetus for an initiative to maintain our own fire department. On the evening of August 19, 1943, a disaster meeting of the residents was held to discuss the local reaction. That same year, the Kittitas County Fire District was named No. 1 in Thorp, the oldest fire protection district in the state. The building of the volunteer fire department was crowned by the large bell that originally hung in the bell tower of Thorp's old school building. The bell is now an artifact in the new fire station that was added to the old one. The old fire station was later sold and converted into a studio and apartment for an artist.

The days of the boom faded with the departure of the canal builders and the decline of logging. The local economy suffered massively from the closure of businesses that never reopened. The end of the boomtown era coincided with that of World War II.

The Northern Pacific Railroad station was officially closed on July 1, 1952. The Northern Pacific cited a steady decline in freight traffic and competition from trucks as reasons for the closure. The last freight that Thorp left by rail was dispatched on May 9, 1952.

In 1967, the Ellensburg Telephone Company , which had acquired the land to set up a local exchange, began on the 1938 fire site . The building, with a total cost of US $ 25,000, was commissioned in May 1968 and is still in use. The exchange was equipped for 400 participants.

The construction of a two-lane steel truss bridge over the Yakima River west of Thorp in 1936 paved the way for the designation of the Thorp Highway from Washington State Route 10 to US Highway 97 as Secondary State Highway 3M (SSH 3M) in 1937 . In 1953, Thorp removed the highway from the State Highways system .

The course of US Route 10 (now State Route 10 ) north of Thorp in 1926, and finally the opening of Interstate 90 in 1968, played enormous roles in the development of the population and the economic conditions for the small town.

In 1980, Interstate 90 from Seattle to Thorp was designated a Mountains to Sound Greenway in order to protect the extraordinary natural and cultural resources.

The Thorp Cemetery is said to be haunted by the ghost of a young Indian woman who died tragically around 1890.

Thorp Cemetery

The Thorp Cemetery is located about a mile (1.6 km) south of the local situation at the Thorp Cemetery Road . Herman Page, a farmer from New York, donated the land for the cemetery where he is also buried. The oldest graves are dated 1890, but Herman Page started Page's Grove , a two and a half acre grove, as early as 1875 when his 65 acre yard was also surveyed.

The title was conferred to the Methodist Church by Thorp in the late 1880s and held by the Thorp Odd Fellows Lodge until 1940 when the Lodge ceased operations. In 1962 the cemetery was under the administration of Kittitas County Cemetery District No. 1 taken.

There is a local legend that the ghost of a young Indian woman named Susie is haunted in the cemetery . She was tragically lynched by strangers around 1890 . Documents of Kittitas County Genealogical Society confirm her death as "caused by an unknown by hanging"; as her father is called Salmon La Sac. It is said that she would ride a white horse and cry sadly at the tombstone on moonlit nights . The cemetery is often listed on Washington State "Haunted Places".

The cemetery is quiet and well cared for and is still used for the funerals of those divorced from the Thorp community. Visitors, especially those fascinated by the legend of the Indian girl, are asked to show respect to those who rest here and to the rights and privacy of families.

Thorp Church of Christ's Charter of 1895

Myra Barnett, Robert Barnett, Retta Barnett, Eldora Briggs, William Briggs, Lena Burns, Frances Childs, Mary Childs, Hannah Childs, Warren Childs, George DeShazer, Nancy DeShazer, Allie Ellison, Eugene Ellison, Maud Ellison, Ruth Ellison, John Ellison , Lewis Ellison, Deborah George, Ellis George, Dee Goodwin, Lillian Goodwin, Olive Goodwin, Martha Mattox, William Mattox, Jennie Osborn, Florence Snyder, Dora Stultz, Philip Stultz and Laura Turner.

Churches

Several Thorp families who came from Polk County, Oregon were from the Stone-Campbell Movement . Although they have met as a group since 1890, the Church of Christ was not organized until 1895. The primary forces in advancing the Church were Mary Childs and Sarah Goodwin. Her work was successful, but Sarah Goodwin is not listed on the Charter of 1895 because by that time she had already given her time.

The first services were held in Thorp's schoolhouse; a separate church building was built in 1897. The early officials signed one-year contracts for office; Most of the believers were brought to other churches after a short time.

Thorp was also home to a Methodist church for many years , but this congregation was dissolved sometime in the 1930s. The steeple of the Methodist Church was cut and served successively as a hall for the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry , a brotherhood, as a clubhouse and as a square dance hall for the Rodeo Renegades until it was recently sold and converted into an apartment.

In 1949 Teddy Leavitt founded a short-lived Bible school in Thorp that was affiliated with the Thorp Church of Christ . The church building was destroyed in flames on April 13, 1950, and the Bible School was subsequently relocated to Selah , where it operated as the Central Washington Bible College until 1977 . After the fire of 1950, the Thorp Church of Christ was quickly expanded at the same location.

The Thorp Church of Christ became the Thorp Community Church in 1981 . Located near the intersection of Goodwin Road and First Street in Thorp, it caters to the spiritual needs of the local people.

traffic

Thorp can be reached from Interstate 90 via Exit 101 (Thorp, Thorp Highway) or via Washington State Route 10 (formerly US Route 10 ) via Thorp Highway at milestone 8.98.

The main route of the Northern Pacific Railroad used to go through Thorp, which was an important shipping point at the time. Burlington Northern-Santa Fe is currently using the railroad through the town, but trains no longer stop.

education

Erected in 1912, this building was operated as Thorp High School until its demolition in 1958, when space was made for a modern building on the same site. (Photo 1916)

Public schools

Public schools are operated by the Thorp School District 400 . The district operates a junior / senior high school ( Thorp High School ) and an elementary school. A total of 51 pupils and students are being trained.

Sights and events

• Thorp Community Day - Thorp Homecoming and Community Day is an annual festival in early October that follows the fall harvest.
  The event begins with a pancake breakfast at the fire station in Thorp and a parade through the town. It culminates in various community-oriented activities such as an autumn market at the Thorp Tractor Company , where more than twenty local vendors sell everything from handcrafted furniture, clothing, jewelry, art and antiques to locally produced food.
  The Harvest Carnival , held in the historic Thorp Grade School building , features old-fashioned games like apple scuttling, ring tossing, and pumpkin bowling. The proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the activities of Thorp High School students.
  An open house at the historic Thorp Mill is also a highlight of the festival, where live music by local musicians is performed. In 2011 more than 50 individual events were counted on the Thorp Community Day .
• Iron Horse State Park - As part of the Washington State Park System , Iron Horse State Park follows the route of the now disused Milwaukee Road between the Cascade Range and the Yakima River Valley, between Cedar Falls in the west and the Columbia River in the east. Access is from Thorp Depot Road near Exit 101 of Interstate 90 in Thorp.
• The Thorp Mill - Listed as one of the oldest landmarks in Kittitas County, the historic flour mill is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and offers a unique glimpse into the history of Thorp and the surrounding area.
• Thorp Grade School - Listed on the National Register of Historic Places , the building was constructed in 1936 and continues to meet the needs of Thorp children today. During school hours, visitors can register in the district administration offices next door. A look into the old school building offers a view of beautifully crafted hardwood floors, intact strips and a wood-paneled sports hall.
• Northern Pacific Depot - The Northern Pacific train station was originally located on the tracks at the corner of Thorp Highway and Second Street. It was later moved to its current location on Thorp Highway near the eastern entrance to the town.
• Old Thorp Fire Station - The Fire District No. 1 was founded in 1943 and is the oldest fire protection district in the state. The old fire station is located near the corner of Main Street and Thorp Highway right next to the new fire station. The building was recently sold and converted into a residential home.
• Old Thorp Post Office - The old post office, on the corner of Main Street and Thorp Highway near the old fire station, was in operation until the 1990s when a new building was built nearby. The old post office is now being renovated into a residential building.
• FC Porter Store - As a haberdashery store from the beginning of the 20th century on the corner of Thorp Highway and Second Street, the house now houses a printing shop. It is one of the oldest commercial buildings in the area and was founded in 1895 as JE Veach Dry Goods , then the first shop in Thorp. It was then acquired by the Porter family, who expanded the building around 1912 to create living space at the rear, which was common for commercial buildings at the time. It is a classic example of the false-front wooden frame construction of the late 19th century.

Personalities

• Barton Porter - author of Listen to the Millrace (about "listening to the military "), a story about Porter's childhood to the early 20th century in Thorp and about the then living there fascinating people. The book contains seven pages of color illustrations based on paintings by the artist Mike Casad. Porter's family owned the FC Porter haberdashery store in Thorp. The building is still on the corner of Thorp Highway and Second Street and houses a printing shop.
• State Rep. Margaret Leonard - In 1969 Margaret (née Johnson) Leonard was the first woman elected to Spokane City Council; she held this office for ten years, during which time she was the first female mayor pro tempore in Spokane. She subsequently served as a member of the 3rd Legislative District in the Washington House of Representatives from 1981 to 1983 . Her political career began in 1961 when she successfully organized a citizens' initiative against an unpopular administrative act on housing in Spokane. As a tax advisor, she broadcast her own radio program and also worked as an employee of the Spokane Falls newspaper .
• 2nd Lt. Leon W. Ellsworth - 2nd Lt. Leon W. Ellsworth, of the United States Marine Corps' 5th Division, served with Marine Observation Squadron Five (VMO-5) during the Battle of Iwo Jima . He was shot dead behind enemy lines on Iwo Jima on March 21, 1945 after risking his life to take photos and investigate details of the enemy positioning on the island. From the exposed cockpit of his machine, regardless of the intense anti-aircraft fire, he completed 26 low-level flights over the enemy positions and transmitted valuable military information to the US invasion forces. For extraordinary courage and bravery, Ellsworth was posthumously awarded the Air Medal and double oak leaves as well as the Purple Heart and the Distinguished Flying Cross .
• State Rep. James B. Brain - James Brain was elected to the Washington House of Representatives in November 1950 to the 13th Legislative District. He died of a heart attack in his home in Thorp on December 18, 1950, just three weeks before he could take office. A longtime prominent member of the Democratic Party , he served two terms as an administrator of Kittitas County and two terms as district administrator for District 3 . He was retired as Chairman of the District Administrator.
• Dr. Warren "Gene" Brain - The winner of the Central Washington University Distinguished Alumni Award of the College of the Sciences , Gene Brain, received in 1990 and the Distinguished Service Award of the Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontists (Association of Orthodontists ) and the 1993 Distinguished Alumni Award of the University of Washington School of Dentistry . In 1994 the Seattle-King County Dental Society awarded Dr. Brain with the Award of Special Merit and in the same year he received the Award of Merit from the Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontists . He has served as president of various organizations including the American Association of Orthodontists , the University of Washington Dental Alumni Association , the Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontists, and the Washington State Society of Orthodontists . He was also a member of the Central Washington University Board of Trustees and the Board of Visitors .
• Lt. Col. Claude Thorp - In January 1942, General Douglas MacArthur authorized Lt. Col. Claude Thorp, former Provost Marshall of Fort Stotsenburg, to infiltrate the lines of the Japanese Imperial Army on Luzon in the Philippines and to establish a spy post in the mountains. After the Americans gave up Bataan and Corregidor , Lt. Col. Thorp founded the famous Luzon Guerrilla Force (LGF) and founded the "Bamboo Telegraph", which consisted of bamboo tubes that spread messages across the country with Morse code-like blows. Lt. Col. Thorp was captured by the Japanese on October 29, 1942 and held as a prisoner of war until his execution on November 1, 1943. His men, however, fought until the US invasion of the Philippines in January 1945, which partly owed its success to these sabotage actions.
• Hazel B. Dunnington and Geraldine B. Siks - sisters and nationally known co-authors of several award-winning books and plays in children's literature ; both had long solo careers. Hazel Brain Dunnington was Professor of English Literature at Central Washington University , and Geraldine Brain Siks was Professor of Drama at the University of Washington in Seattle .
• John C. Goodwin - One of the early settlers in Thorp; was named the first sheriff of Kittitas County at the 1883 county council charter meeting .
• George B. Brain, Ph.D. - Dr. George B. Brain, who influenced public education and politics nationwide, served as Dean of the School of Education at Washington State University from 1964 to 1983 . He earned his Masters of Arts in Education from Central Washington State College in 1950 and his PhD from Columbia University in 1957 . He became the youngest ever superintendent in Washington's education in 1953 to direct the Bellevue School District . Dubbed "the fastest rising in charge of the US public school system" by Time Magazine in 1959, he went to Maryland as superintendent of the Baltimore City Public Schools in the 1960s during a tumultuous period of court-ordered desegregation . The Washington State University's Brain Library in Cleveland Hall it is named in honor, also a WSU- scholarship for students of higher educational qualifications.

Web links

Commons : Thorp, Washington  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Thorp Mill Town Historical Preservation Society (English)
• Thorp School District No. 400 (English)
• CWU Brooks Library, Thorp Historical Photograph Collection A collection of photographs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including various historical images by Thorp.

Individual evidence

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73. ↑ Daily Record (Ellensburg, Washington), “Thorp Community Day features games, a parade and plenty of fun”, October 10, 2011, p. 1.
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