Winthrop in Okanogan County, Washington — The American West (Northwest)

Winthrop

Photographed by Bill Royal, September 15, 2010

1. Winthrop Marker

Inscription. Here at the forks of the rushing Methow, Boston-bred Guy Waring founded Winthrop in 1891. Trappers, prospectors and homesteaders tramped into his frontier store. In '95 Colonel Thomas Hart came through to carve a narrow-gauge wagon road across the Cascades, linking this valley with the Slate Creek Mining District. Meanwhile Waring, who hated liquor, opened his Duck Brand Saloon to keep worse ones out. Anyone who started getting drunk was given the boot -- A policy which must have greatly surprised many patrons. Waring's Harvard classmate, Owen Wister, spent his honeymoon here in 1898. Four years later Wister completed "The Virginian" and the first western novel burst upon the unsuspecting nation. Winthrop's first postmaster named the town after Theodore Winthrop, a young Yale graduate who toured the northwest in 1853.

To see Guy Waring's original 1897 home and Shafer Museum's historical village go one block up the hill and two blocks to the right.

Erected by Okanogan County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Exploration • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1891.

Location. 48° 28.667′ N,

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120° 11.117′ W. Marker is in Winthrop, Washington, in Okanogan County. It is at the intersection of Riverside Avenue and Bridge Street on Riverside Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Winthrop WA 98862, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Okanogan Highlands.

It is also in the American Mountain West

and in the Lewis & Clark Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

in the Cascade Range,

on the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 2 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Silver (approx. 12.7 miles away); High Line Ditch (approx. 12.7 miles away).

Winthrop Marker setting image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Royal, September 15, 2010

2. Winthrop Marker setting

Credits. This page was last revised on October 14, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 4, 2010, by Bill Royal of Sun City Ctr, Florida. This page has been viewed 1,528 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 4, 2010, by Bill Royal of Sun City Ctr, Florida. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.

Editor’s want-list for this marker. Picture of Guy Waring's original 1897 home. • Pictures of Shafer Museum Historic Village. • Can you help?