John Alden Shoudy was an American businessman and politician, known as an early settler and founder of Ellensburg, Washington.
[2] The location of the structure commemorated by a placard and small stone monument.
[3] Although Shoudy was not the first settler in the Kittitas Valley, he was responsible for platting the city of Ellensburgh and named the streets in what would become the downtown district.
He filed an 80-acre plat for the town on July 20, 1875 and named it after his wife Mary Ellen as Ellensburgh (the final H was later dropped).
He was a member of the Washington Territorial Legislature in 1883, and played a role in the formation of Kittitas County.