City of Winthrop

 
Date Visited:   Saturday, September 21, 2002
City Visited #:   273
County:   Okanogan
Visited With:   Denny, David & Randy
City Name History:   Named by early settler United States Senator John Wilson, who, in his late years, could not remember the exact name source. He believed that he had named the town to honor New England author Theodore Winthrop, who journeyed over the Cascade Mountains in 1853 and subsequently lauded the Washington region in his book The Canoe and the Saddle.
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