Among the earliest records of Native American interaction with frontiersmen in the Kittitas Valley took place in 1858, the summer of the Yakima War, when a large contingency of Wanapum from Priest Rapids camped at the head of Taneum Canyon very close to where the town of Thorp is now located.Daily Record (Ellensburg, Washington), "Links traced in Thorp family chain," 1968-04-30, pp. 3.
Among the earliest records of Native American, interaction with frontiersmen in the Kittitas Valley took place in 1858, the summer of the Yakima War, when a large contingency of Wanapum from Priest Rapids camped at the head of Taneum Canyon very close to where the town of Thorp is now locate,d.Daily Record (Ellensburg Washington) "Links traced in Thorp family chain," 1968-04-30, pp. 3.