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

Ellensburg is located just east of the Cascade Range on Interstate 90 and is known as the most centrally located city in the state.

Downtown Ellensburg has many historic buildings, many of which were constructed in the late 19th century.

The state legislature selected Ellensburg as the location for the then Normal School as a consolation prize.

Ellensburg was officially incorporated on November 26, 1883.

There were several early newspapers in Ellensburg.

Concerns over the state of Ellensburg's historic downtown led to the formation of the Ellensburg Downtown Association to work on revitalizing the area.

* The Kittitas County Farmers Market is held every Saturday from May to October in the heart of downtown Ellensburg.

* Ellensburg hosts the annual Winterhop Brewfest in January.

* Every June, Ellensburg hosts Dachshunds on Parade, an event that draws Dachshund dog owners from all over the Northwest.

* Ellensburg hosts the annual Jazz in the Valley music festival on the last weekend in July.

* Ellensburg is a stop on the PRCA professional rodeo circuit, occurring each year on Labor Day weekend.

The Ellensburg Rodeo has been a town tradition since 1923, and is the largest rodeo in Washington state.

The City of Ellensburg uses the Manager / Council form of government with a City Manager hired by the City Council.

On the state legislative level, Ellensburg is in the 13th district.

On the congressional level, Ellensburg is located in Washington's 4th congressional district and is represented by Republican Doc Hastings, but it is expected to be moved into Washington's 8th congressional district for the 2012 general election and beyond.

In both 2008 and 2010, Ellensburg was just slightly more Republican than the statewide average, making it one of the most Democratic cities in Eastern Washington.

Public schools are operated by Ellensburg School District 401.

The district includes one high school ( Ellensburg High School ), one middle school, and three elementary schools.

" Images of America: Ellensburg ," Arcadia Press, San Francisco, 2009.

The Lewiston Round Up is a member of the Big 4 or Big Money 4 ( along with Pendleton Round-up, Walla Walla Fair and Rodeo and Ellensburg Rodeo ) and a top 50 PRCA rodeo.

The river flows through that town, skirts Ellensburg, passes the city of Yakima, and continues southeast to Richland, where it flows into the Columbia River at an elevation of.

In 2008, The Great Northwest Athletic Conference reinstated football, and Central Washington along with Western Washington rejoined the conference, so the previous format of the Battle in Seattle being played at CenturyLink Field and the Cascade Cup was contested in Ellensburg.

The Yakima River is used for rafting and kayaking, especially around the Ellensburg area during the summer months.

The First American Congress for General Semantics convened in March 1935 at the Central Washington College of Education in Ellensburg, WA.

In 1890, the state Legislature established the Washington State Normal School ( WSNS ) in Ellensburg for “ the training and education of teachers in the art of instructing and governing in the public schools of this state .” WSNS originally opened on September 6, 1891, with classes held at the Washington Public School in Ellensburg.

In 1967, ground was broken at the site of the 1938 fire by the Ellensburg Telephone Company which acquired the land to build a local telephone exchange office for the Thorp area.

Other Seattle-area bands of note include Pearl Jam, Sunn O ))), Acceptance, Aiden, Alien Crime Syndicate, Antlers, The Beautiful Mothers, Betty X, the Blakes, The Blood Brothers, Blue Scholars, The Catheters, Charlie Drown, Common Heroes, Dangermart, Daphne Loves Derby ( Kent ), Death Cab for Cutie ( Bellingham ), Daylight Basement, The Divorce, Dog Bone Sanctuary, Dolour, Drop Six, Drown Mary, Harvey Danger, Fleet Foxes, Foo Fighters, Gatsby's American Dream, Maktub, Metal Church, Minus the Bear, Macklemore, Modest Mouse ( Issaquah ), Mudhoney, The Murder City Devils, MxPx ( Bremerton ), The Myriad, Pedro the Lion, Point One, Ruby Doe, Schoolyard Heroes, Screaming Trees ( originally from Ellensburg ), Second Coming, Sky Cries Mary, Sleater-Kinney ( Olympia ), Slicing Grandpa, Smoosh, Soundgarden, Sunny Day Real Estate, Super Deluxe, Supersuckers, Sweet 75, Turn to Fall, United State of Electronica, Utterance, Vendetta Red, Vexed, Vindaloo, Visqueen, Zeke and The Zero Points.

The family moved to Ellensburg, Washington during the 1880s, where he became an agent for the Northern Pacific Railroad.

On a visit back home, out at Ellensburg, I noticed my young son, David, peering into a hole in an old poplar stump, looking for flickers nests.

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As Terry, tormented by his awakening conscience, increasingly leans toward testifying, Friendly decides that Terry must be killed unless Charley can coerce him into keeping quiet.

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On the statewide and national levels Wayne County leans heavily toward the Republican Party.

The Republican Party has been historically dominant in county-level politics, and on the statewide and national levels Pike County leans toward the Republican Party.

Party registration leans toward the Democratic Party a result of continued migration to the county by former New York City residents, many of whom are Democrats.

While the Democratic Party has been historically dominant in county-level politics, on the statewide and national levels Luzerne County leans toward the Democratic Party only slightly.

The county leans toward the Democratic Party, though to a slightly lesser degree than the state of New Jersey as a whole.

As of recent years, on the national level, Alpine leans toward the Republican Party.

On the national level, Bogota leans strongly toward the Democratic Party.

In recent years, on the national level, Cedar Grove leans toward the Republican Party.

On the national level, East Orange leans strongly toward the Democratic Party.

On the national level, Fairfield leans toward the Republican Party.

In recent years, on the national level, Irvington leans strongly toward the Democratic Party.

On the national level, Orange leans strongly toward the Democratic Party.

On the national level, West Caldwell leans toward the Republican Party.

On the national and state levels, Freehold Township leans toward the Republican Party.

In recent years, on the national and state levels, Middletown Township leans strongly toward the Republican Party.

On the national and state levels, Boonton Township leans strongly toward the Republican Party.

In recent years, on the national and state levels, Chatham Township leans toward the Republican Party.

In recent years, on the national and state levels, Chester Borough leans very strongly toward the Republican Party.

On the national and state levels, East Hanover Township leans strongly toward the Republican Party.

On the national and state levels, Hanover Township leans strongly toward the Republican Party.