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  • Collection: Early Washington Maps

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1 map : 27 x 40 cm.Before the creation of the Walla Walla District on November 1, 1948, all work done by the War Department's Corp of Engineers on waterways in the west was handled by the district headquarters in Portland, Oregon. Most jobs done…

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1 map ; 40 x 53 cm."J.A. Williamson, Commissioner" General Land Office"Sen. Ex. Doc. 120."Shows Washington Territory and its boundary with surrounding states. Shows proposed, amended, constructed, and branch lines of the Northern Pacific Railroad.…

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1 map ; 27 x 62 cm.Bathymetry shown by form linesSymbols indicate location of pound-nets, canneries, and clam fisheries. Also shows areas of salmon gill-net fishing. Includes towns and tributaries"Report U.S.F.C. 1888--(To face page 240.) Pacific…

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1 map ; 39 x 39 cm.Relief shown pictorially"Sen. Ex. Doc. No. 1. 1st Sess. 47th Cong."Shows Camp Spokane, proposed pasture reserve, proposed wood reserve, proposed hay reserve, Columbia River, Spokane River, other hydrography, Gordon Prairie, Spokane…

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1 map ; 36 x 44 cm."Sen. Ex. Doc. No. 1. 1st Sess. 47th Cong."Shows officers' quarters, hospital, location of Cos. D, E and F of the 2nd Infantry, the water tank, corrals, wheelwright and blacksmith shop, printing office, guard house, etc.Indexed in:…

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1 map ; 43 x 32 cm.Shows the Pacific Northwest including Vancouver Island. Identifies coastal features and water bodies including the Canal del Rosario and Straits of Juan de Fuca involved in the boundary dispute between Great Britain and the United…

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1 map ; 15 x 23 cm.Relief shown pictoriallyIdentifies coastal features in Spanish along the Straits of Juan de Fuca including the Canal de Lopez de HaroIncludes notes"A."Scale not given

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1 map : col., 34 x 29 cm.Population 75,116Area, square Miles 66,880George F. Cram, a Union soldier who fought in Sherman's Army during the Civil War, returned home in 1867 to Evanston, Illinois to begin a map and atlas company with his uncle, Rufus…

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1 ms. map ; 53 x 38 cm. Manuscript town plat for the city of Omak. Scale 200 feet = 1 inch. See another version of the map on recto: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu154 In 1901, Mr. Ben F. Ross, an employee of the Great Northern…

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1 ms. map ; 53 x 38 cm. Manuscript town plat for the city of Omak. Scale 200 feet = 1 inch. See another version of the map on verso: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu153 In 1901, Mr Ben F. Ross, an employee of the Great Northern…

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1 map: blueprint, 41 x 41 cm. Map lists voting precincts of incorporated town. WSU MASC copy has annotations and some water damage. Whitman county, located in south-eastern Washington, is named after Marcus Whitman, a missionary who was killed…

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1 map: col., 30 x 37 cm. Scale 1.5"=40 miles. Shows electric lines. From page 71 of Cram's unrivaled atlas of the world.George F. Cram, a Union soldier who fought in Sherman's Army during the Civil War, returned home in 1867 to Evanston, Illinois to…

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1 map: col., 34 x 25 cm. Page 48. Railroads, stage lines, and automobile lines are indicated. "Size of type indicates relative importance of places."

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1 map: col., 34 x 25 cm. Page 40. Indian Reservation Boundaries and forest reserves shown. "Size of type indicates relative importance of places." Idaho was originally part of the Oregon Territory, then part of the Washington Territory when…

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1 map: col., 35 x 14 cm.Plat map from the Whitman County cities of Palouse (Boone Park addition) and Willada or Lancaster. Scale: 400'=1" for Boone Park Addition and 300'=1" for Willada.In 1888-89, the Oregon Railway Extension Co. (which later became…

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1 map: col., 23 x 34 cm.Plat map from the Whitman County city of Palouse. Scale: 400'=1"The word Palouse stems from the name of native tribes in the area that were perhaps known as the Palus, Palost, Pallah, or Palusha people. When French trappers…

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1 map: col., 40 x 36 cm.Plat map from the Whitman County city of Tekoa. Scale: 400'=1". Tekoa's first settler, Mr. Frank P. Connell, erected a post office at his trading post in 1888. That same year, Mr. Daniel Traux platted forty acres…

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1 map: col., 17 x 20 cm.Plat map from the Whitman County city of Texas City Scale: 400'=1".At one time the small community of Texas City was also known as Texas Ferry. Located on the Snake River, you can perhaps derive the town's economic interests…

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1 map: col., 69 x 36 cm.Plat map from the Whitman County city of Colfax. Scale: 400'=1".The farming town of Colfax (located thirteen miles northwest of Pullman) was named in 1872 in honor of President Grant's Vice President, Mr. Schuyler Colfax, by…

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1 map: col., 38 x 26 cm.Plat map from the Whitman County cities of Rock Lake City and Lamont. Scale: 400'=1".The settlement at Rock Lake was platted on its southwest side in 1903 by Willis Anson Evans. Evans bought three acres of land, and in three…

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1 map: col., 27 x 36 cm.Plat map from the Whitman County city of Penawawa. Scale: 600'=1".Named after a nearby creek at Union Flat, the town of Penawawa lay twelve miles west of Almota. Its first permanent settler, Mr. Ed Johnson, arrived in 1871…

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1 map: col., 9 x 12 cm.Plat map from the Whitman County town of Pampa. T 15, N.R. 39E, Scale 400'=1". The Columbia and Palouse Railroad Company's line ran through the Pampa siding in 1883. The town grew large enough for a post office just one year…

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1 map: col., 11 x 13 cm.Plat map from the Garfield County city of Chard. Scale: 300'=1". Located fifteen miles west of Pomeroy near Pataha Creek, the tiny settlement of Chard was established by W.J. Chard. It began as a railway station, and in…

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1 map: col., 17 x 24 cm.Plat map from the Garfield County city of Pataha. Scale: 300'=1".In 1881, the newly formed Garfield County held its county seat at Pataha City for one year. It transferred the next year three miles away to Pomeroy,…

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1 map: col., 36 x 33 cm.Plat map of a portion of the Whitman County city of Pullman. Scale 1.5"=1 mile. See the other part of Pullman: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu169 The village of Pullman…

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1 map: col., 36 x 34 cm.Plat map of a portion of the Whitman County city of Pullman. Scale 1.5"=1 mile. See the other part of Pullman: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu170 Some speculation has arisen over the longstanding story…

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1 map; 23 cm x 29 cm. This map is one of four surveys of prosepective pass crossings bound together in this volume. However, when the Northern Pacific finally completed its passage across the Cascades in 1888, the passage it had chosen was…

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1 map; 23 x 26 cm. This map is one of four surveys of prosepective pass crossings bound together in this volume. However, when the Northern Pacific finally completed its passage across the Cascades in 1888, the passage it had chosen was…
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