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114 E 3rd Ave, Ellensburg, WA 98926

Intoxicating Elixirs

Permanent Exhibits

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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Event to Resume February 5, 2027, 5-7pm

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