Document Type
Image
Preview
Creation Date
1915
Description
Automobile enthusiasts promoted road improvements in novel ways. Colonel Thatcher of the National Good Roads Commitee passed through Cle Elum in this pioneer cart to point out that roads had hardly changed in two generations.Title on original photograph postcard: "Col. Thatcher of National Good Roads Committe(sp) at Cle-Elum, Wa."
Recommended Citation
Connell, Russell H., "First Street, Cle Elum" (1915). Ellensburg History Photographs. 266.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/ellensburg_history/266
Source
Local History Collection Photographs, Ellensburg Public Library
Format
image/jpg
Keywords
Kittitas County (Wash.) - Streets, Historic, Historic streets - Washington (State) - Cle Elum, Streets -- Washington (State) -- Cle Elum, First Street (Cle Elum, Wash.), National Good Road Committee, Commercial streets -- Washington (State) -- Cle Elum, Thatcher, Colonel, Horse-drawn carriages and carts