Lands of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. Powder River Valley, Oregon. (1888)

Lands of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. Powder River Valley, Oregon. (1888)

Oregon -- Description and travel -- Maps<br>Oregon -- Railroads -- Maps

1 map; 39 x 26 cm.<br> Government lands taken and O.R.&N.Co.'s lands both identified by shading. <br>In 1884, The Oregon Railway and Navigation Co. constructed tracks south-east across Oregon from Umatilla to hook up with the Oregon Short Line at Huntington, Oregon, finishing the first transcontinental line to cross Oregon by land (Oregon was previously linked to the east by land across Washington). Upon completion of their routes, the railroads generally began land sales, either selling land acquired from the government via land grants, or selling land acquired through speculation.

Oregon Railway and Navigation Company.

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[Farmington, Wash. : s.n.] (Portland, Or. : A. Anderson & Co.)

1888

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Is part of Eastern Washington territory and Oregon : facts regarding the resources, productions, industries, soil, climate, healthfulness, commerce and means of communication / issued for general information with maps and appendix by the Land Department of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, particularly describing the prolific Palouse country and Powder River valley and principal towns in same.

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wsu 519<br>F851 .O74 1888

United States -- Oregon -- Baker County