Map of Oregon and Washington Territories : showing the proposed Northern Railroad route to the Pacific Ocean (1855)

Map of Oregon and Washington Territories : showing the proposed Northern Railroad route to the Pacific Ocean (1855)

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1 map ; 27 x 41 cm.<br>Relief shown by hachures and spot heights<br>Scale ca. 1:3,100,000 (W 124--W 110/N 49--N 42) <br>The 1850s were marked by the push for a transcontinental railway, and this map shows one of the northernmost of the possible routes. Surveys completed in 1855, apparently after this map was constructed, pointed to a slightly more southerly route for the eventual Northern Pacific Railway. The route sketched here approximates several eventual routes. The Montana and east portions approximates that followed by the Burlington Northern, while that in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho follows the Northern Pacific's eventual route in those states.

Disturnell, John, 1801-1877

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New York : J. Disturnell

1855

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