Editing Thorp, Washington (section)

===Thorp Cemetery===
The Thorp Cemetery is located about a mile south of the town along Thorp Cemetery Road. Herman Page, a farmer who came to Thorp from New York, gave land for the [[cemetery]] and he is buried there. Markers denote [[graves]] dated as early as 1890, however Herman Page started Page's Grove, a 10-acre timber culture, and claimed his 160-acre homestead as early as 1875.<ref name="Cemeteryneedstax">''Daily Record'' (Ellensburg, Washington), "Cemetery needs tax support," 1970-11-02, pp. 16.</ref>

The title was transferred to the Thorp [[Methodist Episcopal Church]] in the late 1880s, and it was subsequently operated by the Thorp Odd Fellows Lodge until 1940 when the lodge folded.<ref name="Cemeteryneedstax"/> In 1962, it was placed under the management of Kittitas County Cemetery District No. 1.<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wakcgs/KC_Cemeteries.html RootsWeb, Kittitas County Cemeteries.] Retrieved 2011-09-21.</ref>

Local legend holds that the cemetery is [[Haunted house|haunted]] by the ghost of a young Indian woman by the name of Susie, who was tragically [[lynching|lynched]] around the year 1890 at Thorp, by persons unknown in the area. Documents held by the Kittitas County Genealogical Society confirm her death as "caused by hanging by unknown person," listing her father as Salmon La Sac.<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wakcgs/KC_Deaths_MZ.html RootsWeb, Kittitas County Deaths, 1882-1907]. Retrieved 2011-10-12.</ref> It is reported that she has been seen riding a white [[horse]], and weeping sorrowfully among the [[headstone|tombstones]] on [[moonlight|moonlit]] nights. The cemetery is often listed among "haunted places" in Washington state.<ref>[http://unearthlyrealms.com/reports/haunting-reports/422-wa-thorp-thorp-cemetery Unearthly Realms, Thorp Cemetery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425061857/http://unearthlyrealms.com/reports/haunting-reports/422-wa-thorp-thorp-cemetery |date=2012-04-25 }}. Retrieved 2011-10-11.</ref><ref>''Daily Record'' (Ellensburg, Washington), "Haunted Halloween," 2009-10-31, pp. 4.</ref><ref>[http://niketalk.yuku.com/topic/11156/Washington-s-Haunted-places-list-scary-stuff Washington's Haunted Places] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425061904/http://niketalk.yuku.com/topic/11156/Washington-s-Haunted-places-list-scary-stuff |date=2012-04-25 }}. Retrieved 2011-10-11.</ref>

The cemetery is restful and well cared for, and remains an active place of burial for departed loved ones of the Thorp community. Visitors, especially those fascinated by the legend of the Indian girl and her ghost, are encouraged to show respect for those resting there, and for the rights and privacy of visiting families.

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! scope="col" | '''Thorp Church of Christ<br />Charter Roll of 1895'''<ref name="christian1"/>
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| <small>Myra Barnett, Robert Barnett, Retta Barnett, Eldora Briggs, William Briggs, Lena Burns, Frances Childs, Mary Childs, Hannah Childs, Warren Childs, George DeShazer, Nancy DeShazer, Allie Ellison, Eugene Ellison, Maud Ellison, Ruth Ellison, John Ellison, Lewis Ellison, Deborah George, Ellis George, Dee Goodwin, Lillian Goodwin, Olive Goodwin, Martha Mattox, William Mattox, Jennie Osborn, Florence Snyder, Dora Stultz, Philip Stultz and Laura Turner.</small>
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