Abandoned Homestead | Douglas Orton Imaging

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This once proud pioneer family home now sits abandoned on Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife property outside Winthrop, Washington. It stands as testament to the rugged nature of both life and people in the early days of European settlement of the valley.

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This once proud pioneer family home now sits abandoned on Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife property outside Winthrop, Washington. It stands as testament to the rugged nature of both life and people in the early days of European settlement of the valley.

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