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Karen Member
Joined: 22 Dec 2001 Posts: 2866 | TRs | Pics
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Karen
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Tue Jun 10, 2003 2:26 pm
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No, I'm not THAT old (I didn't take this photo).
This is from 1910 -- photographer unknown.
Karen
Longmire long ago
stay together, learn the flowers, go light - from Turtle Island, Gary Snyder
stay together, learn the flowers, go light - from Turtle Island, Gary Snyder
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MooseAndSquirrel Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2002 Posts: 2036 | TRs | Pics
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That's neat, Karen, you seem to be sitting on a treasure-trove of old photos-thanks for sharing some of them! I wonder if that is a painting rather than a photograph? Rainier looks more like Hood! --M&S
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Karen Member
Joined: 22 Dec 2001 Posts: 2866 | TRs | Pics
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Karen
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Wed Jun 11, 2003 10:25 am
Longmire and another image
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That postcard of Longmire is on heavy linen and truly hard to tell whether it is a tinted photo or a painting. It looks more like a tinted photograph to me than a painting but am not 100 percent sure.
The following photo, though, is definitely a photograph of Whitehorse Mountain taken from Darrington (from the line of the Great Northern). This was from about 1910-1912.
Karen
Whitehorse Mt from Darrington
stay together, learn the flowers, go light - from Turtle Island, Gary Snyder
stay together, learn the flowers, go light - from Turtle Island, Gary Snyder
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Tom Admin
Joined: 15 Dec 2001 Posts: 17853 | TRs | Pics
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Wed Jun 11, 2003 5:06 pm
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Ok, so how did Whitehorse Mtn get its name? I swear it looks like a horse from Darrington. The angle of the following picture shows it a little better with his nose near the bottom, ears at the top, followed by the mane and body to the left.
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MooseAndSquirrel Member
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I see it, I see it! Do I win anything? Don't answer........ I read a history of Darrington (Originally Barrington, btw) a while ago by Elizabeth S. Poehlman titled Darrington: Mining Town, Timber Town publ. 1979 and that might have the answer in it. Whitehorse is certainly a stunning sight above the town.
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Karen Member
Joined: 22 Dec 2001 Posts: 2866 | TRs | Pics
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Karen
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Wed Jun 11, 2003 8:19 pm
Whitehorse
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I seem to remember hearing something about why it was named Whitehorse -- one story I've heard is that someone actually did lose a white horse somewhere on the mountain. Egads, I'm right! I just looked it up in Beckey!!!!
....from Beckey .... "The name "Whitehorse" evolved when pioneer Fred Olds' white horse ran away. During the search a neighbor noted the image of a horse in the form of a snowpatch on the mountain and pointed out in jest, "there it is above us". The name, founded in humor, is a good one......"
So says Beckey.
Karen
stay together, learn the flowers, go light - from Turtle Island, Gary Snyder
stay together, learn the flowers, go light - from Turtle Island, Gary Snyder
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Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 856 | TRs | Pics Location: near Snohomish, Wa. |
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