The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 116 A portrait of Rev. Conrad Brusten appears in this publication. REV. CONRAD BRUSTEN. Conrad Brusten, S. J., pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic church of Yakima, was born in Germany in 1863 and came to the United States in 1889, when a young man of twenty-six years. He afterward attended, St. Louis University and was ordained to the priesthood in St. Louis, Missouri, on the 27th of June, 1900. He subsequently taught philosophy in Spokane for a year and in 1902 and 1903 was superior at St. Regis Mission, at Colville, Washington. In 1903 and 1904 he was again in St. Louis, where he pursued postgraduate studies, and from August until December, 1904, he was located in Seattle. On the 11th of the latter month he came to Yakima, being assigned to the pastorate of St. Joseph's church, of which he has since had charge. This church grew out of the Old Mission. It was established on the Ahtanum in 1871, but a new church was organized in Yakima City in 1878 and in 1885 was removed to North Yakima. It is today the oldest church of the Yakima valley. The present house of worship was completed in December, 1905, and in 1910 the school building was erected. The boys' school gives instruction from the fifth grade work up to the high school and has an attendance of eighty-five. St. Joseph's Academy was established as an Indian school in 1887, but now has all white pupils to the number of three hundred. St. Elizabeth's Hospital, also an auxiliary of the church, was established in 1889 and in 1913 a splendid new hospital building was erected, equipped with everything necessary for the conduct of the most advanced surgical work. St. Joseph's parish numbers fourteen hundred communicants. The work of the church has been thoroughly organized and under the direction of Father Brusten has been carried steadily forward. His labors have indeed proven a power in the development of Catholic interests in the Yakima valley. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.