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First Post Office | Cle Elum, WA
In 1888, the first post office was designated by the government to Cle Elum.
Dr. Wheelock took charge as postmaster Tuesday, January 3, 1888. His office occupied the ground upon which the present-day Pioneer Coffee store now sits.
(An Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima And Kittitas Counties; With An Outline Of The Early History Of The State Of Washington, 1904, page 306)
(The corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and East Railroad Street in Cle Elum, looking west. Building on the right is the Post office, 1892. Photo courtesy of Dr. James E. Brooks Library, Archives and Special Collections, Frederick Krueger Collection, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA)
Dr. Wheelock took charge as postmaster Tuesday, January 3, 1888. His office occupied the ground upon which the present-day Pioneer Coffee store now sits.
(An Illustrated History of Klickitat, Yakima And Kittitas Counties; With An Outline Of The Early History Of The State Of Washington, 1904, page 306)
(The corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and East Railroad Street in Cle Elum, looking west. Building on the right is the Post office, 1892. Photo courtesy of Dr. James E. Brooks Library, Archives and Special Collections, Frederick Krueger Collection, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA)
