[Hermiston Oregon] (1910)

Files

http://content.wsulibs.wsu.edu/maps/image/426.jpg

Title

[Hermiston Oregon] (1910)

Subject

Hermiston (Or.) -- Description and travel -- Aerial -- Maps<br>Hermiston (Or.) -- Pictorial works.<br>Umatilla Project -- Maps

Description

1 bird's-eye view: col., 14 x 19 cm.<br>Inset: Oregon <br>When the Post Office denied the proposed young town of Maxwell, Oregon, permission to use that name, they were forced to choose another. They chose 'Hermiston.' The name came from "Weir of Hermiston," which is a Robert Louis Stevenson novel that one of the settler's had recently read and enjoyed.

Creator

Umatilla Project Development League

Source

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, WSU Libraries

Publisher

s.n.: s.l.

Date

1910

Contributor

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections

Rights

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

Relation

Is found in Hermiston Oregon

Format

image/jpeg

Language

English

Type

Maps<br>Bird's-eye views

Identifier

wsu 541<br>F884.H4 H47 1910

Coverage

United States -- Oregon -- Umatilla County -- Hermiston

Citation

Umatilla Project Development League, “[Hermiston Oregon] (1910),” Digital Exhibits, accessed December 11, 2024, http://digitalexhibits.libraries.wsu.edu/items/show/2030.