A new map of the state of California, the territories of Oregon & Utah, and the chief part of New Mexico, (1850)
Washington (State)--Boundaries Washington Territory Oregon Territory--Maps California--Maps Utah--Maps Utah Territory New Mexico--Maps DeSilver, Charles Mitchell, S. Augustus Cowperthwait, Thomas
1 map: col., 44 x 35 cm A hand colored map including the Oregon Territory (pink)--comprising the area that would later split into Washington Territory in 1853. The map also includes the newly formed State of California. Its population boomed following the discovery of gold in 1848 and the rush of 49ers into the area the next year. Note also Utah Territory (green). Worried by the streaming mass of miners coming into the area in 1849, the Mormons invited Europeans interested in their faith(particularly from England) to come and populate Utah. This map, published by Thomas Cowperthwait & Co., may be from an atlas set contracted to him by S. Augustus Mitchell. Cowperthwait began publishing Mitchell's New Universal Atlas in 1850, printing the atlas until 1856. (At that time it was taken over by another well-known mapmaker, Charles DeSilver.) Cowperthwait continued to use Mitchell maps in various forms well into the 1880s.
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, WSU Libraries
Pennsylvania : Thomas Cowperthwait & Co.
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691
Washington California Oregon Utah New Mexico
Map of Washington Oregon and Idaho, (1873)
Washington (State) Washington Territory Oregon Idaho
1 map : col., 35 x 48 cm. This map depicts the Northwest after the creation of all of the northwestern territories but before any but Oregon were actually made States.
United States--Washington (State) United States--Oregon United States--Idaho
Johnson's Washington Oregon and Idaho, (1863)
Washington (State)--Boundaries Washington Territory Oregon--Maps Idaho--Maps Idaho Territory Montana
1 map: hand col., 35 x 46 cm Map publisher Alvin Jewitt Johnson purchased steel plate engravings and copyrights from mapmaker J.H. Colton sometime around 1859. To conserve the plates, Johnson transferred the information from steel to lithographic stone, making updated adjustments/corrections when needed. He also added decorative borders and colors applied by hand to the maps. This map, showing the borders of Washington Territory, the State of Oregon, and the newly formed Territory of Idaho, may well have been taken from a Colton template. Note that the Montana/Idaho border had not yet been added at the Bitterroot Mountains. Montana became a territory in 1864.
Map of a part of Washington Territory east of Cascade Mtns. : showing topography of the mines region &cc to accompany the report of E. Giddings (1862)
Washington (State) -- Maps Surveys -- Washington Territory
1 map ; 44 x 58 cm. Relief shown by hachures Shows township surveys in eastern Washington Territory primarily along the Oregon border near the Blue Mountains. Includes the third standard parallel and the Columbian guide meridian. Shows wagon roads, trails, proposed routes of the North Pacific railroad, Indian reservation boundaries, gold mines and gold regions, hydrography, forts, passes, and topography of the gold mining district and part of the Blue Mountains "H.R. Ex. Doc. No1. 37th Cong. 3d Sess." "Lith. of J. Bien, 24 Vesey St. N.Y." Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 1160 (37-3) H.exdoc. 1, map 1 Scale not given The interest in gold and gold mining throughout the newer territories increased drastically with the discovery of gold in California in 1849. This map shows potential gold mining areas in what would become eastern Washington and northern Idaho.
University of Washington Libraries Government Publications Section Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, WSU Libraries
University of Washington Libraries Map Collection
This image may be freely downloaded and used. Please give credit to the University of Washington Libraries.
Removed from: Message of the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress at the commencement of the third session of the thirty-seventh Congress. v. V, Maps. (H.R. Ex. Doc. / 37th Cong., 3d sess., House ; no. 1)
United States -- Washington (State) United States -- Montana United States -- Idaho
Map of military reconnaissance from Fort Taylor to the Coeur d'Alene mission, Washington Territory (1858)
Military roads -- Washington (State) -- Spokane Region -- Maps Military roads -- Idaho -- Coeur d'Alene Region -- Maps
1 map ; 55 x 52 cm. Relief shown by form lines Shows approximate location of military roads constructed 1859 to 1862 Also shows farms, camps, trails, bridges, vegetation types, rapids, rock outcrops, landings and locations of battles "Senate Ex Doc. no. 43-47th [sic] Cong., 3d Sess." "Lith. of J. Bien, 24 Vesey St., N.Y." Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 1149 (37-3) S.exdoc. 43, map 3 Scale 1:300,000. (W 118°10--W 116°09/N 48°00--N 46°32) When Washington Territory was created out of the Oregon Territory in 1853, newly appointed Governor Isaac Stevens immediately pushed for the surveying of a route over which a transcontinental railway could be run. To this end, he asked for and got several teams of government surveyors who proceeded to begin charting passes and routes across the Washington Territory. As the best routes were eventually chosen, the survey of the specific route began in 1858. The Mullan road (named for John Mullan, the primary surveyor of the route and the man subsequently placed in charge of the road's construction), a permanent wagon road from the Mississippi River to the Puget Sound, was constructed in 1859-1860. In 1861 and 1862, an improved road was constructed and slightly rerouted. When the Northern Pacific Railroad was built approximately a quarter century later, it followed Mullan's route very closely.
Mullan, John, 1830-1909 Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883 Kolecki, Theodore Sohon, Gustave United States. Office of Explorations and Surveys Bien, Julius, 1826-1909
University of Washington Libraries Map Collection Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
UW copy: This image may be freely downloaded and used. Please give credit to the University of Washington Libraries. WSU copy: Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691
Removed from: Report on the construction of a military road from Fort Walla-Walla to Fort Benton Removed from: Letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting, In answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, the report and maps of Captain John Mullan, United States Army, of his operations while engaged in the construction of a military road from Fort Walla-Walla, on the Columbia River, to Fort Benton, on the Missouri River. Washington : G.P.O., 1863. (Ex. Doc. / 37th Congress, 3d Session, Senate ; no. 43)
United States -- Washington (State) -- Spokane County United States -- Idaho -- Kootenai County
Distribution of tribes of the Upper Columbia Region in Washington, Oregon and Idaho : including all those of the Smohalla and Shaker religions (1894)
Indians of North America -- Northwest, Pacific -- Maps
1 map : col. ; 21 x 30 cm. Series: Bureau of Ethnology. Fourteenth Annual Report ; PL. LXXXVIII Series: Annual report (Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology) ; 14 "Julius Bien & Co. N.Y." Legend shows the Salishan, Wakashan, Shahaptian, Athapascan, Chinookan, Yakonan, Kalapooian, Waillatpuan, Shoshonean and Kitunahan tribes Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 3531-02 (54-2) H.doc. 230, map 2 Scale ca. 1:2,850,000 (W 124--W 114/N 49--N 44)
Mooney, James, 1861-1921 Julius Bien & Co.
University of Washington Libraries Government Publications Section
Removed from: Fourteenth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1892-93 by J. W. Powell, Director, Part 2. Washington : G.P.O., 1896. (Doc. / 54th Congress, 2d Session, House ; no. 230, pt. 2) Removed from: Ghost-dance religion and the Sioux outbreak of 1890
United States -- Washington (State) United States -- Oregon United States -- Idaho
Olympia Harbor Washington : map showing proposed improvements (1891)
Budd Inlet (Wash.) -- Maps Olympia (Wash.) -- Maps
1 map ; 38 x 69 cm. Bathymetry shown by isolines Shows proposed dredging channel and the channel line of the Des Chutes River in the vicinity of Olympia, Washington. Includes wharves, railroads, streets, buildings, bridges, and the state capitol. Also includes cross-section of the proposed channel and bulkhead "H. Ex. 32 52 1." Oriented with north to right Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 2950 (52-1) H.exdoc. 32, map 1 Scale 1:9,000
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Engineer Office Downing, Alfred De Courcy, B. W.
Removed from: Olympia Harbor, Washington : letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of the examination and survey of Olympia Harbor, Washington. Washington, G.P.O., 1892. (Ex. Doc. / 52d Congress, 1st Session, House ; no. 32)
United States -- Washington (State) -- Thurston County -- Olympia United States -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound -- Budd Inlet
Carta que comprehende los interiores y veril de la costa desde los 48 de latitude N. hasta los 50 (1791)
Northwest Coast of North America -- Maps -- Facsimiles -- Early works to 1800
1 map ; 41 x 68 cm. Identifies coastal features and water bodies in Spanish in the vicinity of the southern part of Vancouver Island. Identifies the Gran Canal de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, the Canal de Lopez de Haro, and the Estrecho de Juan de Fuca that were involved in the boundary dispute between the United States and Great Britain Includes notes and insets: Pto. Clayocuat -- Pto. de Nra Sra de los Angeles -- Ba. de Buena Esperanza -- Pto de la Sta Cruz de Nuca -- Pto de Sn Rafael Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 1557 (42-3) H.exdoc. 1, map 19 Scale ca. 1:740,000
Removed from: Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, transmitted to Congress with the annual message of the President, December 2, 1872, part II. Washington : G.P.O., 1872. (Ex. Doc. / 42d Congress, 2d Session, House ; no. 1, pt. 1)
Northwest Coast of North America -- Strait of Juan de Fuca Northwest Coast of North America -- Georgia Strait
Carta esférica de los Reconocimientes hechos en la Costa N.O. de America en 1791 y 92 por las goletas Sutil y Mexicána y otros Bugues de S.M (1792)
Northwest Coast of North America -- Maps -- Facsimiles -- Early works to 1800 Mexicana (Ship) -- Maps Sutil (Ship) -- Maps
1 map ; 43 x 32 cm. Shows the Pacific Northwest including Vancouver Island. Identifies coastal features and water bodies including the Canal del Rosario and Straits of Juan de Fuca involved in the boundary dispute between Great Britain and the United States "Certified to be a true photozincographic facsimile of the Map no. 2 of the "Atlas para el viage de las Goletas sutil y Mexicana al reconocimiento del Estrecho de Juan de Fuca en 1792, publicado en 1802". At head of title: Numo. 2 Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 1557 (42-3) H.exdoc. 1, map 14 Scale ca. 1:2,050,000
Valdes, Cayetano Galiano, Dionisio Alcala
Northwest Coast of North America -- Strait of Juan de Fuca
Map of public surveys, Washington Territory : to accompany report of Surv: Genl: (1863)
1 map ; 43 x 54 cm. Relief shown by hachures Shows progress of township surveys. Indicates surveys executed, proposed, or under contract. Shows land claims of Puget Sound Agricultural Company, the proposed routes of the North Pacific Railroad, Indian reservations, and roads and trails. Includes guide meridians and standard parallels, topography and hydrography "House Repr: Ex: Doc: no. 1, 38th. Cong: 1st Sess:" "Lith. of J. Bien. 24 Vesey St. N.Y." Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 1185 (38-1) H.exdoc. 1, map 4 Scale ca. 1:1,100,000 (W 12445--W 11700/N 4900--N 4530)
Surveyor General of the United States Bien, Julius, 1826-1909`
Removed from: Message of the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the thirty-eighth Congress. Washington: G.P.O., 1864. (Ex. Doc. / 38th Congress, 1st Session, House ; no. 1)
The Columbia River from Celilo to the mouth showing location of the salmon fisheries (1887)
Salmon fisheries -- Columbia River -- Maps
1 map ; 26 x 69 cm. Relief shown by hachures Symbols indicate the location of canneries, fish traps, and fish wheels. Also shows tributaries, islands, cities, locks, points, mountain ranges, railroads, and lighthouses "S Ex 123 50 1." Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 2510 (50-1) S.exdoc. 123, map 1 Scale ca. 1:375,000
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Engineer Office Jones, W. A. Salmon fisheries of the Columbia River
Removed from: The executive documents of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the fiftieth Congress Removed from: Salmon fisheries of the Columbia River / report of Major W. A. Jones, Corps of Engineers. Washington : G.P.O., 1888. (Ex. Doc. / 50th Congress, 1st Session, Senate ; no. 123)
Mouth of the Columbia River : fishtraps in Baker's Bay (1887)
Salmon fisheries -- Washington (State) -- Baker Bay -- Maps Salmon fisheries -- Washington (State) -- Ilwaco -- Maps Salmon fisheries -- Columbia River Estuary (Or. and Wash.) -- Maps
1 map ; 42 x 47 cm. Depths shown by soundings in feet made in July and August, 1883 "Sheet no. 1." Symbols used to indicate the location of fish traps in Baker's Bay at the mouth of the Columbia River. Also shows canneries, wharves, lighthouse, points, islands, breakers, buoys, forts, and shipwrecks Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 2510 (50-1) S.exdoc. 123, map 2 Scale 1:60,000
Removed from: The salmon fisheries of the Columbia River / report of Major W. A. Jones, Corps of Engineers. Washington : G.P.O., 1888. (Ex. Doc. / 50th Congress, 1st session, Senate ; no. 123) Removed from: The executive documents of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the fiftieth Congress
North America--West Coast, Strait of Juan de Fuca and the channels between the continent & Vancouver Id., showing the boundary line between British & American possessions : from the Admiralty Surveys by Captains H. Kellett, R.N., 1847 & G.H. Richards, R.N., 1858-62 (1862) Strait of Juan de Fuca and the channels between the continent & Vancouver Id. (1862)
Nautical charts -- Juan de Fuca, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.)
1 map : hand col. ; 71 x 112 cm. "Drawn by Edward J. Powell of the Hydrographic Office." Depths shown by soundings Relief shown by hachures and spot heights "Soundings in fathoms." Shows detailed topography and bathymetry of the Straits of Juan de Fuca and waters between Straits of Georgia and Admiralty Inlet. Identifies islands, coastal features, reefs. banks, kelp beds, point of anchorage and mountain peaks. Also gives information on lighthouses, bottom types and tides. Boundary line is shaded red on the side of British possessions, blue on the side of the American possessions Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 1594 (43-1) H.exdoc. 1, map 1 Scale ca. 1:165,000 (W 124°5000--W 122°2500/N 49°0500--N 48°0500)
Great Britain. Hydrographic Office Powell, Edward J.
Removed from: Message of the President of the United States, with the accompanying documents, transmitted to the two houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the forty-third Congress. Washington : G.P.O., 1873. (Ex. Doc. / 43d Congress, 1st Session, House ; no 1, pt. 1)
Northwest Coast of North America -- Strait of Juan de Fuca Northwest Coast of North America -- Georgia Strait Northwest Coast of North America -- Haro Strait
Map showing the native and cultivated oyster beds in Willapa Bay, Washington (1891)
Oyster fisheries -- Washington (State) -- Willapa Bay -- Maps
1 map ; 22 x 11 cm. Bathymetry shown by isolines Also shows the mouth of the Columbia River "Report U.S.F.C. 1889 to 1891. To face p. 366." "Plate 4." Appendix 2: Report of observations respecting the oyster resources and oyster fishery of the Pacific coast of the United States / by Charles H. Townsend Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 3130 (52-2), H.misdoc. 113, map 2 Scale ca. 1:300,000
Townsend, Charles Haskins, 1859-1944. Report of observations respecting the oyster resources and oyster fishery of the Pacific coast of the United States United States Fish Commission. Report of the Commissioner for 1889 to 1891
Removed from Appendix 2: Report of the Commissioner for 1889 to 1891 / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Washington : G.P.O., 1893. (Mis. Doc. / 52d Congress, 2d session, House ; no. 113)
Maps of military roads in Spokane area () Map of military road from Upper Spokan [sic] Ferry to Wolf's Lodge Prairie () Map of wagon road, connecting the two ferries of the Spokan [sic] River ()
2 maps on 1 sheet ; 9 x 13 cm. and 9 x 14 cm., sheet 23 x 15 cm. Relief shown by hachures and contours Military road map shows Prairie de Tonmere, Siltishs Farm, Little Falls, Lake Grier and Col. Wright's Ford. Wagon road map shows wagon roads and trails along and across a reach of the Spokane River. Includes the Colville Road, Colonel Wright's trail, the pack trail to Colville, and the military road to Antoine Plant. Shows the location of a fishery at the confluence of the Little Spokane and Spokane Rivers, the two ferries on the Spokane and the site of the Battle of Four Lakes Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 1120 (37-2) S.exdoc. 1, maps 1 & 2 Scale 1:506,880. 8 miles to 1 in. When Washington Territory was created out of the Oregon Territory in 1853, newly appointed Governor Isaac Stevens immediately pushed for the surveying of a route over which a transcontinental railway could be run. To this end, he asked for and got several teams of government surveyors who proceeded to begin charting passes and routes across the Washington Territory. As the best routes were eventually chosen, the survey of the specific route began in 1858. The Mullan road (named for John Mullan, the primary surveyor of the route and the man subsequently placed in charge of the road's construction), a permanent wagon road from the Mississippi River to the Puget Sound, was constructed in 1859-1860. In 1861 and 1862, an improved road was constructed and slightly rerouted. When the Northern Pacific Railroad was built approximately a quarter century later, it followed Mullan's route very closely.
Removed from: Message of the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the thirty-seventh Congress. Washington : G.P.O., 1861. (Ex. Doc. / 37th Congress, 2d Session, Senate ; no. 1)
Washington (State) -- Spokane River Idaho -- Spokane River
1 map : col. ; 55 x 73 cm. Relief shown by hachures "H. ex. /.2, 48." "Photo lith & print by Julius Bien & Co. 139 Duane St. N.Y." Color map of Washington Territory showing the boundaries of Indian reservations, military reservations, and counties. Also shows limits of railroad land grants, subdivided townships, U.S. Surveyor General's Office, U.S. Land Offices, county seats, towns, villages, rivers and mountains Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 2287 (48-2) H.exdoc. 1, map 2 Scale 1:950,400. 15 miles to 1 in. (W 12500--W 11700/N 4900--N 4530)
United States. General Land Office Bien, Julius, 1826-1909
Removed from: Report of the Secretary of the Interior, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the forty-eighth Congress : in four volumes ; vol. II. Washington : G.P.O., 1884. (Ex. Doc. / 48th Congress, 2d Session, House ; no. 1, pt. 5)
Washington (State) -- Maps Railroads -- Washington (State) -- Maps Surveys -- Washington Territory
1 map : col. ; 54 x 73 cm. Black, yellow, green and blue lines indicate proposed railroad routes, along with the corresponding 40 and 50 mile limits. Pink lines indicate land grant limits. Shows Indian reservations, military reservations, county lines, subdivided townships, completed railroads, towns, villages, U.S. Land Offices, U.S. Surveyor General's Office, rivers, creeks, and mountains "Giles Litho. & Liberty Printing Co. N.Y." "Longitude west from Greenwich and Washington." Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 3514 (50-1), S.exdoc. 254, map 3 Scale 1:950,400. 15 mi. to 1 in. (W 124°45--W 117°00/N 49°00--N 45°30)
United States. General Land Office Strum, G. P. Giles Litho. & Liberty Printing Co.
Removed from: Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, In compliance with Senate resolution of August 9, 1888, decision in the Guilford Miller case. (Ex. Doc. / 50th Congress, 1st Session, Senate ; no. 254)
Proposed site for navy yard Port Orchard, Puget Sound Washington Ter. (1889)
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard -- Planning -- Maps Nautical charts -- Washington (State) -- Sinclair Inlet -- Maps
1 map ; 135 x 85 cm. Relief shown by contours; depths shown by soundings and isolines Shows soundings and borings in the vicinity of Port Orchard, in Puget Sound. Includes Sinclair's Inlet, Part Washington Narrows, and Phinney's Bay. Also shows contours, roads and buildings at Point Turner "O.5." Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 2721 (51-1) H.exdoc 1, map 6 Scale 1:5,625
United States. Navy Yard Site Commission
Removed from: Report of the Secretary of the Navy, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the fifty-first Congress in two volumes ; vol. I. Washington : G.P.O., 1889. (Ex. Doc. / 51st Congress, 1st Session, House ; no. 1, pt. 3) Removed from: Executive documents of the House of Representatives for the first session of the fifty-first Congress, 1889-'90
United States -- Washington (State) -- Kitsap County -- Sinclair Inlet United States -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound
Milk R. to the crossing of the Columbia R. : from explorations & surveys made under the direction of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War (1855)
Pacific railroads -- Explorations and surveys -- Maps Northwest, Pacific -- Maps
1 map on 3 sheets ; assembled 58 x 152 cm. Relief shown by hachures "H.R. Ex. Doc. No. 56, 1st Sess., 36th Cong." Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 1054 (36-1) H.exdoc. 56, map 1 Scale 1:600,000
Removed from: Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean / made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-5 ; vol. XII, book I. Washington : Thomas H. Ford, 1860. (Ex. Doc. / 36th Congress, 1st Session, House ; no. 56)
Map of the Puyallup Indian Reservation Washington (1892)
Real property -- Washington (State) -- Puyallup Indian Reservation -- Maps
1 map : col. ; 71 x 53 cm. Color cadastral map of the Puyallup Indian Reservation, indicating land ownership and acreage of plots. Divided into sixteenth sections. Includes creeks and railroads. Township range is given. Also includes part of Commencement Bay and Tacoma Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 2892 (52-1) S.exdoc. 34, map 1 Scale ca. 1:22,500
United States. Puyallup Indian Commission
Removed from: Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the Puyallup Indian Commission and accompanying papers. Washington : G.P.O., 1892. (Ex. Doc. / 52d Congress, 1st Session, Senate ; no. 34) Removed from: Executive documents of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the fifty-second Congress, 1891-'92
Washington (State) -- Puyallup Indian Reservation
Map of the mountain section of the Ft. Walla Walla & Ft. Benton military wagon road : from Coeur d'Alene Lake to the Dearborn River, Washington Territory, constructed under direction of the War Department (1863) Fort Walla Walla and Fort Benton military wagon road (1863)
Military roads -- Idaho -- Maps Military roads -- Montana -- Maps
1 map ; 55 x 128 cm. Contour interval 300 ft. "Sen. Ex. Doc. no. 43, 37th. Cong., 3d. Sess." "Lith. of J. Bien, 24 Vesey St. N.Y." Shows topography and hydrography along the wagon road. Identifies by name winter campsite, mountain peaks and prairie. Shows trails of reconnaissance Scale 1:300,000 When Washington Territory was created out of the Oregon Territory in 1853, newly appointed Governor Isaac Stevens immediately pushed for the surveying of a route over which a transcontinental railway could be run. To this end, he asked for and got several teams of government surveyors who proceeded to begin charting passes and routes across the Washington Territory. As the best routes were eventually chosen, the survey of the specific route began in 1858. The Mullan road (named for John Mullan, the primary surveyor of the route and the man subsequently placed in charge of the road's construction), a permanent wagon road from the Mississippi River to the Puget Sound, was constructed in 1859-1860. In 1861 and 1862, an improved road was constructed and slightly rerouted. When the Northern Pacific Railroad was built approximately a quarter century later, it followed Mullan's route very closely.
Kolecki, Theodore Mullan, John, 1830-1909 Bien, Julius, 1826-1909 United States. Office of Explorations and Surveys
Map no. 3 Rocky Mountains to Puget Sound from the explorations and surveys made under the direction of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War (1854) Rocky Mountains to Puget Sound (1854)
Pacific railroads -- Explorations and surveys -- Maps .Northwest, Pacific -- Explorations and surveys -- Maps
1 map ; 62 x 93 cm. Relief shown by hachures Inset: Reconnaissance of the railroad route from Walla Walla to Seattle via Yak-e-mah River & Snoqualmie Pass / by A. W. Tinkham in January 1854 Shows appropriate location of practicable and probably practicable railroad routes. Numbers at camps express days and months along the various routes. Shows hydrology and topography in a wide band along the routes. Includes forts and mountain peaks and identifies regions with and without timber At head of title: Explorations and surveys for a railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean : route near the 47th and 49th parallels / War Department Scale 1:1,200,000
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers United States. War Dept. Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862 Lambert, John Siebert, Selmar Tinkham, A. W. United States. Office of Explorations and Surveys
Removed from: Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean / made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-56 ; vol. XI. (Ex. Doc. / 33d Congress, 2d Session, House ; no. 91) ; also as (Ex. Doc. / 33d Congress, 2d Session, Senate ; no. 78)
Map of Columbia River from The Dalles to Celilo, Or. (1880)
1 map : col. ; 24 x 72 cm. Relief shown by contours Shows a section of the Columbia River, showing proposed canals, feeders and railways. Also shows fall and rapids, water gauges, and "basaltic" region. Map is reduced from sheet 1 & 2, survey of 1879-80 "Photo-Lith. by A. Hoen & Co." "H Ex 73 50 2." Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 2651 (50-2) H.exdoc. 73, map 1 Scale 1:30,000
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Engineer Office A. Hoen & Co.
Removed from: Obstructions to navigation in Columbia River : letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, the second preliminary report of a Board of Engineers upon obstructions to navigation in the Columbia River, and upon the feasibility of a boat railway at The Dalles and Celilo Falls. Washington : G.P.O., 1889. (Ex. Doc. / 50th Congress, 2d Session, House ; no. 73)
North America--West Coast, Strait of Juan de Fuca and the channels between the continent & Vancouver Id. : showing the boundary line between British & American possessions (1871) Strait of Juan de Fuca and the channels between the continent & Vancouver Id. (1871)
Northwest boundary of the United States -- Maps Canada -- Boundaries -- United States -- Maps United States -- Boundaries -- Canada -- Maps British Columbia -- Boundaries -- Washington (State) -- Maps Washington (State) -- Boundaries -- British Columbia -- Maps
1 map : col. ; 36 x 56 cm. Colored line indicates the northwestern boundary of the U.S. running through the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Strait of Georgia. Angle, direction and distance of lines are given. Includes islands, channels, bays, points, inlets, ports and banks. Also includes extreme northwestern Washington Territory, southern Vancouver Island and southwestern British Columbia. Boundary line drawn from the provisions of the 1871 Treaty of Washington Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 3267-01 (53-2) H.misdoc. 212, map 10 Scale not given
Great Britain. Hydrographic Office Kellett, Henry, 1806-1875 Richards, George Henry, Sir
Removed from: History and digest of the international arbitrations to which the United States has been a party, together with appendices containing the treaties relating to such arbitrations, and historical and legal notes on other international arbitrations ancient and modern, and on the domestic commissions of the United States for the adjustment of international claims / by John Bassett Moore. Washington : G.P.O., 1898. (Mis. Doc. / 53d Congress, 2d Session, House ; no. 212) Removed from: Miscellaneous documents of the House of Representatives for the second session of the fifty-third Congress, 1893-'94
Northwest Coast of North America -- Haro Strait Northwest Coast of North America -- Strait of Juan de Fuca Northwest Coast of North America -- Georgia Strait
Map showing the line of boundary between the United States & British possessions : from the point where the 49th parallel of north latitude strikes the western coast of the continent "to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island and thence southerly through the middle of said channel" &c. to Fuca's Straits, in accordance with Treaty of June 15th, 1846 (1846)
1 map : hand col. ; 72 x 91 cm. "Bowen & Co. lith, Philada." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths by soundings and gradient tints Shows four proposed boundaries between the United States and British Columbia introduced to resolve the dispute over possession of San Juan Island. Also shows route of steamers plying between Victoria and Fraser River gold deposits. Includes detailed topography of coastal areas and islands Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 1316 (40-2) S.exdoc. 29, map 2 Scale ca. 1:300,000 (W 124°00--W 122°30/N 49°00--N 48°00)
Removed from: Message of the President of the United States, communicating, In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 18, 1867, information in relation to the occupation of the island of San Juan, in Puget Sound. Washington : G.P.O., 1868. (Ex. Doc. / 40th Congress, 2d Session, Senate ; no. 29)
Northwest Coast of North America -- Strait of Juan de Fuca Northwest Coast of North America -- Haro Strait United States -- Washington (State) -- Rosario Strait United States -- Washington (State) -- San Juan County -- San Juan Islands
Nautical charts -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound
1 map ; 90 x 54 cm. Depths shown by soundings Shows soundings and coastal features in Puget Sound. Includes islands, points, creeks, passages, bays, inlets, coves, lakes, rivers, ports, bluffs, sounds, harbors, cities and railroads Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 2721 (51-1) H.exdoc. 1, map 3 Scale 1:200,000
Removed from: Report of the Secretary of the Navy, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two houses of Congress at the beginning of the first session of the fifty-first Congress, in two volumes ; vol. 1. Washington : G.P.O., 1889. (Ex. Doc. / 51st Congress, 1st Session, House ; no. 1, pt. 3) Removed from: Executive documents of the House of Representatives for the first session of the fifty-first Congress, 1889-'90
United States -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound
Strait of Juan de Fuca (1853) America, N.W. Coast, Strait of Juan de Fuca (1853)
Nautical charts -- Juan de Fuca, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.) Nautical charts -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound Nautical charts -- Washington (State) -- Admiralty Inlet
1 map ; 56 x 86 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings in fathoms Shows Juan de Fuca Straits, Haro Straits, Rosario Straits, Admiralty Inlet, and Puget Sound. Indicates bottom types and the location of kelp beds. Identifies coastal features and islands, and shows coastal topography Inset: Continuation of Admiralty Inlet and Puget Sound Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 1557 (42-3), H.exdoc. 1, map 17 Scale 1:240,000
United States Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) Richards, George Henry, Sir Kellett, Henry, 1806-1875
Removed from: Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, transmitted to Congress with the annual message of the President, December 2, 1872, part II. Washington : G.P.O., 1872. (Ex. Doc. / 42d Congress, 3d Session, House ; no. 1, pt. 1)
Northwest Coast of North America -- Strait of Juan de Fuca United States -- Washington (State) -- Puget Sound
Chart of the Columbia River from the ocean to Portland, Oregon illustrating the condition of the salmon fishery, season of 1888-9 : showing in detail the location of the pound-nets, weirs, seine-hauls, gill-net grounds and canneries (1889)
1 map ; 36 x 133 cm. Appendix 1: Report on the fisheries of the Pacific coast of the United States / by J. W. Collins Bathymetry shown by isolines Includes islands, points, shoals, sloughs, creeks, spits, bars, cities, towns, and other rivers. Names of canneries are given Inset: Continuation of Columbia River from Kalama to Portland "Report U.S.F.C. 1888. --(To face page 198). Pacific Coast Fisheries." "Plate XXXI." Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 2806 (51-1) H.misdoc. 274, map 11 Scale not given
United States Fish Commission. Report of the Commissioner for 1888 Collins, J. W. Report on the fisheries of the Pacific coast of the United States
Removed from Appendix 1: Report of the Commissioner for 1888 / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Washington : G.P.O., 1892. (Mis Doc. / 51st Congress, 1st Session, House ; no. 274)
Haro and Rosario Straits (1859) North America, West Coast, Haro and Rosario Straits (1859)
Nautical charts -- Haro Strait (B.C. and Wash.) Nautical charts -- British Columbia -- Gulf Islands Nautical charts -- Washington (State) -- Rosario Strait Nautical charts -- Washington (State) -- San Juan Islands
1 map ; 86 x 58 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings in fathoms The shores of Juan de Fuca Straits to Admiralty Inlet from Capt. H. Kellet's survey, 1847 Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 1557 (42-3), H.exdoc. 1, map 16 Scale 1:145,800
Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept. Richards, George Henry, Sir
Northwest Coast of North America -- Haro Strait Northwest Coast of North America -- Strait of Juan de Fuca United States -- Washington (State) -- Rosario Strait
Washington Sound and approaches, Washington Territory (1872)
1 map : col. ; 45 x 41 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings in fathoms Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 1557 (42-3), H.exdoc. 1, map 12 Scale 1:200,000
Northwest Coast of North America -- Strait of Juan de Fuca Northwest Coast of North America -- Georgia Strait Northwest Coast of North America -- Haro Strait United States -- Washington (State) -- Rosario Strait