Notes by Northwest

A somewhat truncated version, the first 45 minutes are lost forever, in a broadcast tradegy of epic proportion. 

Many of the towns that were started by mining or logging companies are still in existance today, a far cry from where they mostly were inhabited by brawny and sometimes ornery workers who scratched out a living in the remote areas of the PNW.   Thanks to author Linda Carlson for a fine piece of writing and for her excellent reading of four passages for this series. 

This reading from the chapter 40 Miles from Nowhere is from the book Company Towns of the Pacific NW.  The passage, read by the author and Sequim resident Linda Carlson, tells about the remote places where company towns sprung up and the challenges faced by those in residence there.  

Where did the term, Lumberjack breakfast originate?  In this passage from the book Company Towns of the Pacific NW, the author Linda Carlson tells of the meals served to the ravenous miners and lumberjacks who worked near and lived in company towns in the late 1800s into the 1900s.   Six eggs, a steak and pound of potatoes, anyone?

This first passage, read by the author, Sequim resident Linda Carlson, describes in detail the types of people who settled in the company towns of the PNW, which were mostly created by logging and mining companies for their workers in remote areas of Washington, Oregon and Idaho.