Source: CRISP. Streptococcus pyogenes: A species of gram-positive, coccoid bacteria isolated from skin lesions, blood, inflammatory exudates, and the upper respiratory tract of humans. It is a group A hemolytic Streptococcus that can cause SCARLET FEVER and RHEUMATIC FEVER.
City of Elma, WA. Search. The City of Elma, incorporated on March 22, 1888, lies within the Chehalis River Valley in Eastern Grays Harbor County, about 30 miles West of Olympia and 40 miles East of the Pacific coast.
The Homestead Act of 1862 and completion of the Union Pacific Railroad mainline in 1869 brought about a wave of settlement and rapid growth in population along the Oregon Trail. The village of Elm Creek came into existence in August 1866 when the Union Pacific built their tracks through Buffalo County. Needing water and wood at regular intervals, they built a siding close to a creek which had Red Elm trees growing along its banks.