Notes by Northwest

NW Passages-September #3: The Canoe and the Saddle by Theodore Winthrop


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In this episode, we will continue the journey across 1850s Washington Territory as told by Theodore Winthrop, the Connecticut dandy who trekked across the PNW and wrote about it in his book, The Canoe and the Saddle.  In this passage, Winthrop tells the story of waking in the PNW forest at sunrise, in an encampment of missionaries, and the profound effect that colors, and light and the land and the vegetation has on him that day, and for the rest of his life. 

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Notes by NorthwestBy Douglas Furr