Winthrop’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Winthrop. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Native Americans, including the Methow people, were the first inhabitants of Winthrop, with evidence of human habitation at least 8,000 to 10,000 years before present. They lived along the banks of the Methow and Chewuch rivers, where they harvested camas root and berries, fished, and hunted. The Methow had seasonal camps and returned annually to the upper valley in the summer once they acquired horses in the 18th century. The Columbia Plateau peoples, including the Methow and Syilx, established routes over Cascade Pass to trade with Coast Salish tribes in modern-day Skagit Valley. The population of the Methow people and other Columbia Plateau tribes were devastated by smallpox epidemics by the 19th century. The tribes under the leadership of Chief Moses were assigned by the federal government to the Columbia Reservation in 1879, which included the Methow Valley.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Winthrop’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Winthrop’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewWinthrop Washington, 1965: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Winthrop
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Winthrop, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Winthrop
1 place in Winthrop is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Winthrop Washington (1965) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.