Ellensburg is a city in, and the county seat of, Kittitas County, Washington, United States.

The rodeo arena is encompassed by the popular Kittitas County Fair, also held during Labor Day weekend.

The Kittitas County Fair officially began in 1885, and has been held at its current location since 1923.

* Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce

Category: Populated places in Kittitas County, Washington

Population growth for the 1990s was projected at 7. 9 % in Kittitas County, 19. 7 % in Yakima County, and 22. 7 % in Benton County.

While much of the growth in Benton and Yakima counties has been in and around the incorporated areas, most of the growth in Kittitas County has been in unincorporated areas.

Category: Landforms of Kittitas County, Washington

* Kittitas County, Washington-north

Kittitas County is a county located in the U. S. state of Washington.

Kittitas County officially separated from Yakima County in 1884.

There are a variety of species represented within Kittitas County.

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Kittitas County, Washington

* Andrew Caveness, " Images of America: Kittitas County.

* Kittitas County Super website

* Kittitas County official website

The images, scanned from photographic prints, glass negatives and rare publications, visually document the communities of Cle Elum, Roslyn and other towns and villages in western Kittitas County.

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The surrounding Kittitas Valley is internationally known for the timothy-hay that it produces.

There are numerous interpretations of the name, which is from the language of the Kittitas American Indian language.

Easton is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Kittitas County, Washington, United States.

Kittitas is a city in Kittitas County, Washington, United States.

There are numerous interpretations of the name, which is from the language of the Kittitas American Indian language.

The depot is the only significant structure still intact at the Kittitas Yard.

Kittitas is located at ( 46. 983821 ,-120. 418284 ).

Ronald is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Kittitas County, Washington, United States.

Roslyn is a city in Kittitas County, Washington, United States.

Snoqualmie Pass is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in King and Kittitas County, Washington, United States.

It is also the highest rank achieved in Kittitas County.

Thorp (, ) is an unincorporated town and census-designated place ( CDP ) in Kittitas County, Washington, United States.

It is located at the picturesque narrow west end of the Kittitas Valley (, ) where high elevation timber lands of the Cascade Range, with mountain lakes and vacation homes, give way to horse country and cattle ranches surrounded by rich, irrigated farmlands noted for Timothy hay, alfalfa, vegetables, fruit, and forage production.

Thorp is named for Fielden Mortimer Thorp, recognized as the first permanent white settler in the Kittitas Valley.

At the bottom of the Thorp Drift moraine the view opens up into the Kittitas Valley which is deeply buried in river gravel deposited by the ancient Yakima River.

The Kittitas did not have formal political unity under a permanent central authority that is characteristic of tribes.

Among the earliest records of Native American interaction with frontiersmen in the Kittitas Valley took place in 1858, the summer of the Yakima War, when a large contingency of Wanapum from Priest Rapids camped at the head of Taneum Canyon very close to where the town of Thorp is now located.

Thorp is named for Fielden Mortimer Thorp ( 1822-94 ), the first permanent white settler in the Kittitas Valley.

We are glad Thorp is in Kittitas County.

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.