Editing Republic, Washington (section)

===Eureka to Republic===
In July 1897, Philip Creasor built a two-story hotel at the townsite, originally called Eureka. This town site was [[platted]] on April 29, 1898, and the post office name changed to Republic, since there was already a post office named Eureka in the state of Washington. On May 8, 1900, a special election was held which approved incorporation of Republic, and J.J. Sullivan was elected mayor. The town was then officially incorporated on May 22, 1900, and had a population of about 1800.<ref>{{cite web |title = Dates of Incorporation, Disincorporation, and Changes of Classification of Washington Cities and Towns |publisher= Multiple Research and Service Center of Washington |url= http://www.mrsc.org/library/inctable.aspx |access-date = 2013-12-06 |url-status= dead |archive-date = 2013-11-26 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131126032207/http://www.mrsc.org/library/inctable.aspx}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Steele |first1=Richard |title=An Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan, and Chelan Counties, State of Washington |publisher=Western Historical Publishing Company |date=1904 |pages=404–431 |url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/legacy/images/publications/sl_steeleillustrated/sl_steeleillustrated.pdf |access-date=2 July 2020}}</ref>  Two separate rail lines granted access to the area, [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railways]] Spokane Falls & Northern branch line and the locally owned [[Spokane and British Columbia Railway|Republic and Kettle Valley Railway]], commonly called the "Hot air line"<ref name="Eveningsun1905"/> from [[Grand Forks, British Columbia]]. During the summer of 1900, Swedish immigrant Charles E. Anderson first opened [[Anderson's Grocery]].<ref name="SpRvCentennial">{{cite news |last1=Craig |first1=john |title=A century in the family |work=The Spokesman-Review |date=June 25, 2000 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ATozAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA11}}</ref>