Notes by Northwest

Northwest Passages-Episode 81: Company Towns of the PNW

Douglas Furr

Where did the term, Lumberjack breakfast originate?  In this passage from the book Company Towns of the Pacific NW, the author Linda Carlson tells of the meals served to the ravenous miners and lumberjacks who worked near and lived in company towns in the late 1800s into the 1900s.   Six eggs, a steak and pound of potatoes, anyone?