Document Type
Image
Preview
Creation Date
1895
Description
Photo taken in May 1892. A crowd had gathered for the funeral of the 45 killed in the great mine explosion in Roslyn, WA. People arrived at the town's center by horse and buggy from the outlying areas. Newly constructed wood frame buildings provided homes, meeting halls and schools for the early miners and their families in Roslyn. The surrounding pine-covered foothills were stripped of lumber for building and coal mine expansion.
Recommended Citation
"Early Roslyn Crowd" (1895). Ellensburg History Photographs. 108.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/ellensburg_history/108
Source
Local History Collection Photographs, Ellensburg Public Library
Format
image/jpg
Keywords
Kittitas County (Wash.) -- Streets, Historic, Historic streets -- Washington (State) -- Roslyn, Streets -- Washington (State) -- Roslyn, City and town life -- Washington (State) -- Roslyn, Commercial streets -- Washington (State) -- Roslyn, Community life -- Washington (State) -- Roslyn, Horse-drawn carriages and carts