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1 map: 119 x 83 cm."Scale 2 miles to 1 inch. Contours 200 feet vertical interval."The Northern Transcontinental survey was created by the Northern Pacific Railroad in the 1880s. Geologists and topographers were employed to map out areas on and near…

1 map ; 21 x 19 cm.Shows topography of the Pacific Northwest. Identifies islands and coastal features. Shows the locations of the Straits of Rosario involved in the border dispute between Great Britain and the United States"E."Indexed in: CIS US…

1 map: blueprint, hand col., 39 x 48 cm.Map shows location of northeastern Washington Territory, with the Colville region outlined in red. It also shows a large portion of northern Idaho territory, established in 1863. Major landforms such as the…

1 map ; 18 x 21 cm.Bathymetry shown by soundings Shows the Pacific Northwest and identifies coastal features and water bodies named by Don Francisco Eliza during his exploration. Shows areas involved in the disputed boundary between Great Britain and…

1 map ; 51 x 76 cm. Inset: Pomeroy. Blue line print. Legend indicates various types of roads. The land in Garfield County was initially considered grazing land, and the area was thus sparsely settled until the 1870s. When its favorable…

1 map ; negative : 32 x 27 cm.This was a preliminary map showing one particular plan for the irrigation of the Columbia Basin. As noted in the title, this map represented the pumping plan, whereby a dam would be constructed at…

1 map ; 109 x 74 cmRelief shown by hachures and spot heightsShows northwestern part of Washington, much of Vancouver Island and a small part of southwest mainland British ColumbiaIncludes insets: Extension showing the great routes of emigration &…

1 map; 50 x 50 cm. Map shows Northern Pacific Railroad lands for sale and U.S. Government lands open for settlement. The Columbia and Spokane Rivers form the northern boundary of the map. As a major part of the financing of its transcontinental…

1 map ; negative, 13 x 35 cm. Before the arrival to Washington State of the first irrigation projects handled by the U.S. Reclamation Service, the Northern Pacific Railroad and other railway companies funded private irrigation projects in the…

1 map ; negative, 21 x 32 cm. This was a preliminary map showing one particular plan for the irrigation of the Columbia Basin. As noted in the title, this map represented the pumping plan, whereby a dam would be constructed at Grand Coulee and…

1 map ; 56 x 47 cm.Blueprint"Exec. orders Jan. 2, 1873 and Oct. 21, 1873."Scale 1:31,680. 2 in. = 1 mile (W 124°40--W 124°33/N 48°24--N 48°17)

1 map ; 54 x 90 cm.Relief shown by form linesShows approximate location of military road constructed 1859 to 1862Also shows farms, camps, trails, bridges, vegetation types, rapids, rock outcrops, landings, and locations of battles"Senate Ex. Doc. No.…

1 map ; 55 x 52 cm.Relief shown by form linesShows approximate location of military roads constructed 1859 to 1862Also shows farms, camps, trails, bridges, vegetation types, rapids, rock outcrops, landings and locations of battles"Senate Ex Doc. no.…

1 map ; 44 x 85 cm.At head of title: War DepartmentPrepared from field notes from 1858-1863Shows topography in the vicinity of the route from the Missouri River to the west boundary of Idaho Territory. Includes hydrography, prairies, identified by…

1 map: hand col., 42 x 35 cm.The Oregon Treaty of 1846 between Great Britain and the United States settled the northern border dispute of the Pacific Northwest. Under this agreement, the land--occupied jointly between the two countries since…

1 map ; 27 x 41 cm.Relief shown by hachures and spot heightsScale ca. 1:3,100,000 (W 124--W 110/N 49--N 42) The 1850s were marked by the push for a transcontinental railway, and this map shows one of the northernmost of the possible routes. …

1 map : 30 x 23 cm. In September, 1883, the Northern Pacific completed its transcontinental railroad route, opening the northwest to easy emigration and settlement from the east. This map comes from a brochure published by the Northern Pacific and…

2 maps : col. ; 23 x 33 cm., on sheet 56 x 36 cm.Relief shown by hachures. Cover title. "Bormay & Co., N.Y." Originally folded, in cover 23 x 11 cm. Indexes of counties and towns on verso.

1 map: col., 34 x 45 cm.This map, published by A.J. Johnson and his partner, Ward, shows the State of Oregon (entered into the Union in 1859), and Washington Territory. By 1865 the eastern border of Washington Territory had been defined, with…

1 map: col., 35 x 42 cm.This map shows the borders of the Territory of Washington (1853-1889) and Oregon State (territory from 1848 to 1859). F.A. Gray, the author of this map, is the son of Ormando Willis Gray, a mapmaker in Philadelphia. Very…

1 map: col., 21 x 39 cm. In 1896, the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. was closed due to financial troubles and reorganized as the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. In 1899, control over some of its routes was acquired by the Union Pacific, and by…

1 map: hand col., 21 x 26 cm.

1 map; 33 x 59 cm.Scale: 1 inch = 80 milesIn 1834, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions appointed Rev. Samuel Parker to go to the Oregon Territory and scout locations for missions there. Parker traveled overland to Oregon in…

1 map: col., 38 x 30 cm. This map dates from between March 4th, 1864 (when the Idaho Territory was formed) and May 26th, 1864 (when the Montana Territory was formed out of eastern Idaho). Though dated 1860 at the bottom, that was the date…

1 map: col., 37 x 30 cm. This map dates between March 2nd, 1861 (when the Dakota Territory was formed) and March 4th, 1863 (when the Idaho Territory was formed from eastern Washington and western Dakota) Nearing retirement from a thirty year long…

1 map : hand col. ; 24 x 30 cm.Relief shown by hachuresPrime meridians: Greenwich and Washington"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1860 by S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Eastern…

1 map : col. ; 23 x 30 cm., on sheet 31 x 38 cm.Relief shown by hachuresIn lower margin: 44 "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860 by S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Eastern…

1 map: col., 28 x 22 cm.When S. Augustus Mitchell retired around 1860, he left the business in charge of his competent son, S. Augustus Jr. His son continued with his father's high standards, and while most American publishers were switching to the…

1 map: col., 36 x 29 cm.In 1831, S. Augustus Mitchell, a teacher from Connecticut, began a publishing firm in Philadelphia. By 1845, Mitchell purchased the copyright to The New Universal Atlas, the product of one of the fathers of American…

1 map: col., 38 x 30 cm.This map, used at least as early as 1866 by Mitchell, shows the territorial borders of Washington (1853), Idaho (1863) and Montana (1864). It also shows the boundaries of Oregon (granted Statehood in 1859). Of note are the…