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    Creation Date

    1900

    Publisher

    E. C. Kropp Company, Milwaukee, (Wisconsin.)

    Description

    Located on the northeast corner of Third and Main Streets was the Cadwell-Lyons Building constructed immediately after the July 1889 Ellensburg fire. Looking both east down Third and north on Main, this photograph postcard was taken at the intersection of Third and Main Streets. The tall S. R. Geddis Building is on the right and the Arcade Building built in the late 1890s in on the left. The infamous Teutonia Saloon was located in the Cadwell-Lyons Building on the alley next to the S. R. Geddis Building. In August 1895 a double murder took place which resulted in a mob lynching of Samuel Vinson and his son Charles.Postcard titled: "3rd and Main Strs., Ellensburg, Wash."

    Source

    Local History Collection Photographs, Ellensburg Public Library

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    Keywords

    Ellensburg (Wash.) -- Streets, Historic, Historic streets -- Washington (State) -- Ellensburg, Streets -- Washington (State) -- Ellensburg, City & town life -- Washington (State) -- Ellensburg, Commercial streets -- Washington (State) -- Ellensburg, Third Street (Ellensburg, Wash.), Main Street (Ellensburg, Wash.), Cadwell - Lyons Building (Ellensburg, Wash.), S.R. Geddis Building (Ellensburg, Wash.), Arcade Building (Ellensburg, Wash.), Teutonia Saloon (Ellensburg, Wash.), Vinson, Charles Vinson, Samuel

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