Winthrop (Washington)

Okanogan County

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Winthrop is a town in Okanogan County in the U.S. state of Washington. In 2000 the town had 349 residents, the official estimate for the year 2006 amounted to 371 residents.

Owen Wister, who was roommate of the town's founder, Guy Waring at Harvard, spent his honeymoon, and then wrote The Virginian.

History

The first inhabitants in the area were Indians who ( is named after the Methow ) on the banks of the Methow River, the Twisp River and Chewuch Rivers lived. This digging for Camassiawurzeln, gathered berries, fished and hunted. The first white men in the valley were in the 19th century trappers hunting for furs.

In the spring of 1868 Slate Creek was discovered by gold panning gold on, but not until 1883 did the gold rush, the first permanent settlers in the area. One of them was Guy Waring, in 1891 at the confluence of Chewuch and Methow River built a house. ( Today, this houses a museum. ) The city is named after Theodore Winthrop, an adventurer, traveler and writer.

After a devastating fire in 1893, the city was rebuilt. Waring's original Duck Brand Saloon had survived the fire unscathed and is now Winthrop's Town Hall.

1894 destroyed a flood, the bridge on the north branch of the river, which was built by Colonel Tom hard again 1895. The place was then living mainly from a well-equipped sawmill, its pastures, livestock and the supply of lying in the area mines with goods. Around the year 1915, the most tunnels were closed.

Winthrop was registered on 12 March 1924 as a Town.

As 1972, the North Cascades Highway was almost completed, some businessmen decided in the town to focus their activities on tourism. At that time it was decided to restore the city as a Western city.

Attractions

Winthrop is known that all the buildings are built in the style of the Wild West. This makes the village a popular tourist destination. Winthrop is surrounded in winter by more than 170 km of cross country ski trails. Other possible activities, like mountain climbing, hiking, mountain biking, rafting, horseback riding, hunting and fishing and golfing.

To support the tourism Winthrop Rhythm and Blues Festival, the Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival and theater performances are organized and art galleries are open for visitors.

The North Cascades National Park is located west of the city limits. A Smoke Jumper base is located in the vicinity; it is between Winthrop and Twisp.

Geography

Winthrop geographical coordinates are 48 ° 28 ' N, 120 ° 11' W48.473611111111 - 120.17888888889 ( 48.473701, -120.178889 ). The town is located east of Mazama and north of Twisp.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city covers an area of 2.3 km ², which account for all of it land.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, Winthrop inhabited 349 people. The population density was 153.1 people per km ². There were 242 housing units at an average 106.2 per km ². The population of Winthrop was at 98.28 % White, 0.29 % African American, 0.29 % Asian. 1.15 % from two or more races. 2.87 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The residents of Winthrop distributed to 185 households out of which 23.2% were living in children under 18 years. 40.0 % married couples living together, 11.4 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.5 % were non-families. 40.0% of households were made ​​up of individuals and someone lived in 15.1% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 1.89 and the average family size is 2.50 people.

The city population was spread out with 20.1 % under the, 3.4 % 18 -24- year-old, 24.1 % 25 -44- year-old, 33.8 % 45-64 year olds and 18.6 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 83.7 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 78.8 men.

The median household income in Winthrop was 25 417 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the height of 33,333 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 31 389 U.S. dollars, compared to 23,750 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Winthrop was 17,649 U.S. dollars. 15.1 % of the population and 16.3 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 29.3 % of minors and 10.1 % of those age 65 or over.