Gritman Building -
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N 47° 07.612 W 118° 22.836
11T E 395288 N 5220187
H. E. Gritman ad from 1907. H.E. Gritman was Ritzvilles first druggist. He died in 1941 at the age of 72 in Spokane.
Waymark Code: WM88AK
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 02/18/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member fatcat161
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The Gritman Building

"Harry E. Gritman, 72, Ritzville pioneer who died Monday in a Spokane hospital. Mr. Gritman had been seriously ill for the past three months. He was a resident of Ritzville for many years, coming to the Inland Empire when he was but 14 years old. He built the building housing the Emerson Drug company with offices on the second story, the Safeway Stores building and the house now occupied by Fred Campbell. He owned considerable land in Adams county and was in the banking business in both Lind and Ritzville for a long time. His home in recent years has been in the Roosevelt apartments in Spokane."

Source: Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 8, 1941, issue. (visit link)

Source of Advertisement: Washington Rural Heritage

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The Ritzville Times

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May 31st, 1907

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