Helen Rushton Interview
Document Type
Book
Interviewer
Krueger, Frederick
Contributor
Suncadia (Resort), Suncadia Fund for Community Enhancement
Files
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Description
Helen (Valesco) Rushton (b. December 4, 1914) talks about her life in Cle Elum and Roslyn, Washington. While looking at historic photographs, she describes the geography of Cle Elum and Roslyn, including previous businesses and local families. She notes that she and her husband, Charles Rushton, lived more than 60 years in Roslyn.
The cover image shows Roslyn, circa 1940. The photographer was looking northeast down Pennsylvania Avenue toward First Street. Most of the wooden buildings and brick structures seen here were built during the 1890s when coal mining brought hundreds of mining families to the area. Businesses that lined both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue during the late 1930s were the Brick Saloon, Roslyn Bank, Gustna-Ponerio-Ramsay Barbers, Jean's (Jeans) Beaute Shoppe, Cuculick Beer Parlor, Log Cabin Beer Parlor, Pioneer Parlor, Slim's (Slims) Place, the Masonic Temple, the Medical-Dental Building, Pine Cone Confectionery, Low Dentist Office, Central Drug, Northwestern Improvement General Merchandise, Pioneer Grocery, Hartman's Meat Market, Public Meat Market, and Cascade Telephone Company. Many homes were built on the slopes of the surrounding foothills.
Publication Date
10-21-2004
Recommended Citation
Rushton, Helen, "Helen Rushton Interview" (2004). Roslyn, Cle Elum, and Ronald Oral History Interviews. 118.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/roslyn_history/118
Subject
Oral history, Cle Elum (Wash.), Roslyn (Wash.), Businessmen--Washington (State)
Rights
Educational use only; no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the copyright owner.
Language
English