The Ellensburg Dawn newspaper wrote in the spring of 1901 of the promising little town: "The little village of Thorp, nine miles up the road, is one of the nicest little places in Central Washington.
Die Zeitung Ellensburg Dawn schrieb im Frühjahr 1901 über die aufstrebende kleine Stadt: „The little village of Thorp, nine miles up the road, is one of the nicest little places in Central Washington.