Travel back in time in Winthrop, Washington!

Welcome to Ruthie L. Manier's Cowboy Kisses blog. Yesterday my son Jon and his boys my grandson’s Elijah and King and I took a drive through the Majestic Cascade Mountain’s over to the small town of Winthrop, Washington which was incorporated on March 12th 1924. My youngest daughter and her family were camping there and invited us to join them. It was a warm wonderful day spent with loved ones. The first to call this treasure of land home was the Native Americans who hunted, fished, dug roots along the banks of the river, and picked berries to survive. Fur trappers arrived in the nineteenth century. The Spring of 1868 placer gold was dug up in Slate Creek. By 1915 most of the mines had shut town. In 1883 the first permanent settlers arrived. one of the three was named Ben Perrygin. Perrygin Lake is named after him which is a popular lake that many tourists flock to located in the town. Winthrop was named after Theodore Winthrop a talented author and adventurer, even though Guy Waring was founder. Guy’s Duck Brand Saloon is still standing and is now the town hall. It is the oldest Saloon in Washington State still standing and open as a buisiness. The town had a meeting reconstructed after Highway Tweny was built through the Cascade Mountain range to resemble the 1850’s when it was an old mill, and mining town by the same architect who transformed Leavenworth in 1972. Much like Leavenworth it has become a favorite tourist location. Did you know the Author Owen Wiser an old college friend of Winthrop wrote Americans first western novel ’The Virginian’ after Honeymooning in Winthrop? Now Winthrop is a bustling tourist town. known to be the continent's largest network of cross-country ski trails, yet there is much to do year around. Hiking, camping, fishing, ice skating, and even hot air balloon’s. The list of outdoor adventures goes on and on. ***

I am pleased to announce that ‘PEYTON’ the fourth installment of my ‘Chasing Time’ series is now available on ebook and in print. Travel time with the Clark family once again. Witness Peyton’s transition from a crippled veteran about to end his life to a man in love with the woman surgeon from the future who healed his leg and evan more his heart. Here is the link: amazon.com/dp/B0C8V5W7P4

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