Former Washington Gov. Albert Meade lays the cornerstone of the Ritzville Carnegie Library in 1907. Mead served as governor from 1905 – 1909. He passed away in 1913 at the age of 51.
December 23, 2022
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Carnegie library in Ritzville looks to serve community
RITZVILLE - It’s a long way from Dunfermline, Scotland to Ritzville, Washington. Four thousand, three hundred eighty miles as the crow flies, in fact. (A very, very determined and untiring crow.) So why is the name of a child laborer from Dunfermline engraved proudly above a building in Ritzville? Because Andrew Carnegie loved books and wanted other people to enjoy them. “Being an immigrant and being poor when he first got here, he was really into helping the working class work their way up,” said Millie Hopkins, circulation manager for the East Adams Library District, which operates the Ritzville Carnegie Library...