 | Album: Seattle, Washington 2007
Image: 431 / 545
Date: 2007-09-03 10:14:38
Tags: Seattle Deciding to Go
John Nordstrom's Story
In August of 1897, John Nordstrom owned a small plot of land near Arlington, Washington and worked in a logging camp. Years later he wrote about his decision to join the gold rush:
In August of that summer, I went into Arlington one Saturday night ... planning to come back the following morning. Sunday morning I got up and bought a morning Seattle Post Intelligencer paper to read during breakfast. Splashed across the page was the news that "GOLD" had been found in the Klondike ... A friend and I were sitting and discussing this ... Finally I slammed the paper down on the table and said, "I'm going to Alaska; will you go with me?" He thought a minute and said "No." Then I returned to camp, got my things ... and by four o'clock that afternoon I was on the train bound for Seattle and a new adventure. Exposure Time: 0.013 s (1/79)
Aperture: f/5.6
Sensitivity: 400 ISO
Focal Length: 35 mm
Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Owner: Ruben Schoenefeld
Camera Number: 1560516904
Image Number: 1929227 |
