Voting precincts of Whitman County, (ca. 1920)
Files
Title
Voting precincts of Whitman County, (ca. 1920)
Subject
Whitman County--Maps<br>Pullman (Wash.)--Maps<br>Voting--Washington State--Whitman County--Maps
Description
1 map: blueprint, 41 x 41 cm. Map lists voting precincts of incorporated town. WSU MASC copy has annotations and some water damage. <br>Whitman county, located in south-eastern Washington, is named after Marcus Whitman, a missionary who was killed by Indians in 1847. The first white visitors to Whitman County would have been members of the Lewis & Clark expedition, in 1805. Whitman County was first settled in the 1860s, and gradually converted from a livestock based economy to agriculture in the 1870s. With the improvement in irrigation, in farming technologies, and in transportation technologies, Whitman county gradually become more and more firmly based in agriculture. It is home to Washington State University (in Pullman).
Source
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, WSU Libraries
Date
ca. 1920
Contributor
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Rights
Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Maps<br>Blueprints
Identifier
WSU 158
Coverage
United States--Washington (State)--Whitman County
Collection
Citation
“Voting precincts of Whitman County, (ca. 1920),” Digital Exhibits, accessed December 29, 2024, http://digitalexhibits.libraries.wsu.edu/items/show/1693.