Map of the Great Northern Railway system showing through See America First Route from Chicago and Kansas City, (1915)

Files

http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/maps/image/178.jpg

Title

Map of the Great Northern Railway system showing through See America First Route from Chicago and Kansas City, (1915)

Subject

Railroads -- West (U.S.)<br>Railroad travel -- Northwest, Pacific -- Maps<br>Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)

Description

1 map; 10 x 23 cm. Map shows double track and proposed lines. <br>The Great Northern finished its transcontinental route in 1893, crossing the cascades at Stevens' Pass. <br>This map comes from a tourism brochure, promoting cross-country railroad travel as a means for easterners to visit the western states.

Creator

Great Northern Railway

Source

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, WSU Libraries

Publisher

[St. Paul, Minn.?] : Great Northern Railway

Date

1915

Contributor

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Rights

Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691

Relation

Is part of Western trips for eastern people, 1915.

Format

image/jpeg

Language

English

Type

Maps

Identifier

WSU 181<br>HE2728 .G74 W4 1915

Coverage

United States--Washington (State)
United States--Oregon
United States--California
United States--Nevada
United States--Wyoming
United States--Nebraska
United States--Utah
United States--Missouri
United States--Illinois

Citation

Great Northern Railway, “Map of the Great Northern Railway system showing through See America First Route from Chicago and Kansas City, (1915),” Digital Exhibits, accessed November 25, 2024, http://digitalexhibits.libraries.wsu.edu/items/show/1724.