1897 Map of Mount Stuart

About this map

Ellensburg serves as the focal point of the southern Kittitas Valley in this late 19th-century survey, just as the regional economy was being shaped by the arrival of the Northern Pacific railroad. To the west, the coal mining influence is evident in the layout of Roslyn and Cle Elum, where the P. R. R. (Roslyn Branch) connects the mining district to the main rail line. The map illustrates a sharp transition from the irrigated agricultural flats of the valley into the high timber and mining camps of the Wenatchee Mountains.