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3 unusual facts about Theodore Winthrop


Fort Heath

Battery Theodore Winthrop construction was complete by 1901 with disappearing carriages (Model 1896) supporting three 12-inch guns (M1888), the heaviest guns in the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps.

Mount Rainier

Although "Rainier" had been considered the official name of the mountain, Theodore Winthrop, in his posthumously published 1862 travel book The Canoe and the Saddle, referred to the mountain as "Tacoma" and for a time, both names were used interchangeably, although "Mt. Tacoma" was preferred in the city of Tacoma.

Winthrop Glacier

Named after Theodore Winthrop, the body of ice covers 3.5 mile2 (9.1 km2) and has a volume of 18.5 billion feet3 (523 million m3).



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