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==History== | ==History== | ||
Three Mountains became a Barony in March of A.S. III 1969. (This claim needs a reliable source - see [[On the founding dates of Madrone and Three Mountains]]) | Three Mountains became a Barony in March of A.S. III 1969. (This claim needs a reliable source - see [[On the founding dates of Madrone and Three Mountains]]) | ||
Ian Jameson relates (via An Tir SCA (Unofficial) discord, sca-culture-and-history channel, Aug 11 2025): | |||
:Possibly apocryphal except I'm pretty sure I heard Frederick of the West Tower relate this. Founding Baron. Which doesn't mean he didn't make it up after the fact. | |||
:Concerning the name of the Barony of Three Mountains. | |||
:Frederick, hung over, looking out the window of his bedroom. | |||
:"I count one...two...Three Mountains!" | |||
:Mount St. Helens | |||
:Mount Hood | |||
:The third? I don't recall if it was said to be Mount Adams or Mount Rainer; Mount Adams is closer to Portland. | |||
:And given the proper position within Portland...yes, you can see them all when looking out from a window. | |||
===Major Events=== | ===Major Events=== | ||
Revision as of 10:33, 12 August 2025
The Barony of Three Mountains (Clackamas and Multnomah Counties, OR) is located in the central region of An Tir.
- Three Mountains website
- Early Three Mountains events can be gleaned from Category:Timeline. Start in An Tir Timeline IV.
- Three Mountains Shopping
- Kaldor Ness
The Plume, newsletter for the Barony of Three Mountains is available online at no charge, in both .pdf and .doc formats.
History
Three Mountains became a Barony in March of A.S. III 1969. (This claim needs a reliable source - see On the founding dates of Madrone and Three Mountains)
Ian Jameson relates (via An Tir SCA (Unofficial) discord, sca-culture-and-history channel, Aug 11 2025):
- Possibly apocryphal except I'm pretty sure I heard Frederick of the West Tower relate this. Founding Baron. Which doesn't mean he didn't make it up after the fact.
- Concerning the name of the Barony of Three Mountains.
- Frederick, hung over, looking out the window of his bedroom.
- "I count one...two...Three Mountains!"
- Mount St. Helens
- Mount Hood
- The third? I don't recall if it was said to be Mount Adams or Mount Rainer; Mount Adams is closer to Portland.
- And given the proper position within Portland...yes, you can see them all when looking out from a window.
Major Events
- 4 May XXXVII/2002: Three Mountains Baronial Championship XXXVII/2002
- 14-16 June XXXVII/2002: War College, attended by Wilam and Siobhan