Liberty Kittitas County, Washington
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Information
General information on Liberty
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Liberty
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Liberty | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Liberty
References to Liberty that document the origin of its place name
LIBERTY, a town in the north central part of Kittitas County, named by Gus Nelson in 1892. (E. G. Powers, in Names MSS., Letter 295.)
A Selected Bibliography of Liberty, Kittitas County, Washington
A compilation of essential readings detailing the history, geography, and culture of the region.
Give me Liberty by Roy F. Mayo
Roy F. Mayo’s Give me Liberty examines the rugged prospector settlement and subsequent community evolution of Liberty, one of Washington’s oldest surviving gold-mining towns, nestled in the Swauk Creek basin on the eastern slopes of the Cascade Range. Set against the steep, pine-forested terrain of the Blewett Pass corridor, the narrative details how early prospectors and pioneer families converged on the isolated valley during the late nineteenth-century gold rushes. By tracing the shared physical labor of placer mining and the establishment of cooperative mining districts, the text reveals how these geographically secluded camps forged tight-knit kinship networks to survive the demanding, boom-and-bust frontier environment. Ultimately, this local history documents how the collaborative extraction of the region's unique wire gold and deeply rooted family alliances successfully transformed a transient tent camp into a cohesive, enduring civic community that outlasted the initial mineral rush.
45 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Non-circulating [ 1 ]
You're at liberty here mines and miners of the Swauk by Josee Jordan
Josee Jordan’s You're at liberty here: Mines and miners of the Swauk chronicles the rugged pioneer history of the historic gold-mining town of Liberty, nestled deep within the eastern slopes of Washington's Cascade Mountains. The narrative maps the challenging topography of the Swauk Creek basin, detailing the extensive placer mining operations that transformed this remote, forested enclave in northern Kittitas County. By documenting the daily lives and arduous labor of prospectors navigating the steep, timbered gulches just south of Blewett Pass, the book illustrates the severe environmental realities of the region's late-nineteenth-century gold rush. Ultimately, the text captures the distinct geographical footprint of this inland Washington landscape, preserving the legacy of one of the Pacific Northwest's most enduring historic mining districts.
v, 103 pages : illustrations, map, portrait ; 22 cm
Non-circulating [ 1 ]
Kittitas County
- Beverly Junction
- Boylston
- Bristol
- Cabin Creek
- Cheviot
- City of Cle Elum
- Doris
- Driftwood Acres
- Dutch Settlement
- East Kittitas
- Easton
- Edgemont
- City of Ellensburg
- Hillside Siding
- Holmes
- Horlick
- Hyak
- Kachess Resort
- City of Kittitas
- Lakedale
- Lauderdale Junction
- Lavender
- Levering
- Liberty
- Martin
- Nelson
- Pine Glen
- Regal
- Renslow
- Ronald
- City of Roslyn
- Roza
- Rye
- Scammon Landing
- Snoqualmie Pass
- Town of South Cle Elum
- Teanaway
- Thorp
- Thrall
- Umtanum
- Vantage
- Whittier
- Wymer
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2024-05-30