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Permanant Exhibit

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All Ages

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114 E 3rd Ave, Ellensburg, WA 98926

Intoxicating Elixirs

Permanent Exhibits

Permanant Exhibit

What do three very different elixirs have to do with Kittitas County history?

Each component tells a separate, but interconnected, history that ties to almost every part of Kittitas County, from the county’s founding in 1883 through present-day that ties together breweries, saloons, soda factories and pop bottling, and the druggists and their soda fountains.

Come see unique pieces of local soda bottling equipment, a wide variety of pioneer medicines, and learn about how Washington State Prohibition was enacted in 1915 and tales of moonshining, bootlegging, and disasters that unfolded afterward.

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Railroads

Permanent Exhibit

This display highlights information about the Northern Pacific Railway (today known as the BNSF Railway) and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Road.

Lecture: “Topic To Be Announced”

November 14, 2024

Dr. Patrick McCutcheon and Nik Simurdak will present on Thursday, November 14 at 6pm at the Kittitas County Historical Museum. Their topic and more information will be announced soon.

 

Lecture: “UFO Northwest: How Washington State Spawned the Men In Black”

October 17, 2024

Steve Edmiston, a business and entertainment lawyer and indie film screenwriter and producer, will present “UFO Northwest: How Washington State Spawned the Men In Black” on Thursday, October 17th at 6pm.