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Map of the Spokane country, (ca. 1915)
1 map : col. ; 44 x 39 cm. on sheet 46 x 41 cm., originally folded to 23 x 11 cm. Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Shows Inland Empire System, other electric railways, and finished and proposed steam railroads. Panel title:…
Whitney's map of the city of Tacoma and environs, Washington compiled by Frederick G. Plummer, (1890)<br> Map of the city of Tacoma and environs, Washington.
1 map : hand col. ; 93 x 63 cm. Shows additions, lot numbers, street names, and railroads. Inset: A portion of the county of Pierce, Washington."Compliments of E.F. Russell & Co., real estate and mining brokers, 916 A…
Map of Benton County, 1932 : rev. to June 9, 1937.
1 map ; 74 x 92 cm. Insets: Kennewick; Prosser. Blue line print. Benton County is best known as the site where the Atomic Energy Commission placed its Hanford site in 1943, six years after this map, for the continuation of the Manhattan Project and…
New map of the Puget Sound country Charles H. Baker & Co., compilers, (1889)
1 map : col. ; 71 x 53 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths of harbors shown by soundings. "A valuable compendium of useful information and complete railway and navigation. Guide for travelers and settlers. "Shows railways in…
Post route map of the state of Washington : showing post offices with the intermediate distances on mail routes in operation on the 1st of September 1905 under the direction of A. von Haake, (1905)
1 map : col. ; 77 x 106 cm. Also shows frequency of delivery. Relief shown by spot heights. Seal of the Post Office Department, United States of America at head of title. …
Camp Lewis, American Lake, Washington : cantonment of an infantry division and auxiliary troops Hurley Mason Company, General Contractors (1918)
1 map ; 59 x 109 cm. Large scale plan of base designated to accommodate 91st Infantry Division and auxiliary troops. "David L. Stone, Lieut. Col. Q.M.C., constructing quartermaster ... C.F. Pilat, planner and consulting engineer ... " …
City of Seattle drawn from official records in the city engineer's office by H. D. Chapman (1909)
1 map : col ; 57 x 37 cm."Copyrighted 1902"Scanned from: Davis' new commercial encyclopedia : Washington, Oregon and Idaho, the Pacific Northwest. Seattle proper was originally settled in 1852 when a settlement on Alki Point during the previous…
Map of the western and middle portions of North American to illustrate the history of Oregon and California, and the other countries on the north-west coast by Robert Greenhow, (1844)
1 map ; 61 x 72 cm. This is very obviously drawn from Greenhow's 1840 map, seen at: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu479 It corrects a few minor mistakes, but mostly is a redrawing of the earlier maps, with many of the…
City of Portland, Oregon, (1909)
1 map : col ; 57 x 37 cm.Map shows street railroads and railroadsScanned from: Davis' new commercial encyclopedia : Washington, Oregon and Idaho, the Pacific Northwest. Portland was first settled in 1843, and was named, by coin flip, in 1845 (had…
[City of Spokane] Compiled November 23rd, 1908 for the Union Trust Company of Spokane, (1909)
1 map; 57 x 37 cm.Map indicates ownership of property. Scanned from: Davis' new commercial encyclopedia : Washington, Oregon and Idaho, the Pacific Northwest. By 1909, Spokane was firmly established as the major inline shipping point, based…
Map of the Grande Ronde Wallowa and Imnaha Country, (1881)
1 map ; 20 x 13 cm.Scanned from: Nez Perce Joseph : an account of his ancestors, his lands, his confederates, his enemies, his murders, his war, his pursuit and capture by O. O. Howard. General Oliver Howard was the soldier in charge of the forces…
Map to illustrate Gen'l Howard's Nez-Perce Campaign 1877, (1881)
1 map ; 20 x 32 cm.Scanned from: : Nez Perce Joseph : an account of his ancestors, his lands, his confederates, his enemies, his murders, his war, his pursuit and capture by O. O. Howard. General Oliver Howard was the soldier in charge of the…
Map showing the Nez Perce Indian Reservns [sic] and the Wallowa Valley, (1876)
1 map : col ; 24 x 27 cm.Maps show Nez Perce Reservation under Treaty of 1855, 1865, and the Wallowa Valley claimed by Young JosephScanned from: Annual report of the Board of Indian Commissioners to the Secretary of the Interior 1876 In…
State of Washington compiled from the official records of the General Land Office and other sources under the direction of I. P. Berthrong, chief of Drafting Division, G.L.O. ; compiled and drawn by Daniel O'Hare ; lettering by Wm Bauman, Jr., (1909)
1 map : col. ; 58 x 87 cm.Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Also shows public lands and U.S. reclamation projects. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. "Andrew B. Graham Co., Lithographers, Washington, D.C." Originally…
Relief map of the country traversed by the Shasta Route and Coast Line, (1916)
1 map: col., 19x11 cm. "U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 614 Plate 1." Areas shown on the sheets of the route map are indicated in red. For example, see sheets 1: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu382 …
Map of the Upper Geyser Basin, National Yellowstone Park, (1883)
1 map : col., 19 x 24 cm. This map shows the Upper Geyser Basin as it existed before the construction of any permanent buildings. At the time of this map, a permanent hotel existed several miles away near the Fountain Paint Pots (the Fountain…
Map showing Indian Reservations in the United States and Number of Indians belonging thereto, (1878)
1 map : col ; 25 x 34 cm.Scanned from: Annual report of the Board of Indian Commissioners to the Secretary of the Interior 1878 This map shows the Indian Reservations extant in 1878, from a yearly report by the Commissioner of…
Mark! When you want a pointer regarding your western trip call on Your nearest ticket agent or any district passenger agent of the Northern Pacific Railway Co., (1896)
1 map ; 13x20 cm. Maps had been used for a variety of purposes- exploration, surveying, attracting settlers. With multiple transcontinental railroad lines now in existence and railroads having to seek new avenues for income, railroad maps began…
Sunset Highway National Forest Cottage Sites, (1917)
1 map ; 8 x 38 cm. This map comes from a promotional brochure issued by the Forest Service. At that time, it was within the purvey of the Forest Service to sell forest lands for a variety of purposes. In this case, the attempt is to sell land…
Sketch Map of Mount Rainier, National Park, Showing System of Glaciers, Principal Roads, and the Wonderland Trail, (1925)
1 map : col., 21 x 21 cm. Mount Rainier National Park was established as our fifth National Park by an act of Congress on March 2, 1899. Construction on roads began in the early 1900s, and the first car to reach Paradise Valley under its own power…
Plat map of Johnson, (1910) <br>Plat book of Whitman County, Washington compiled and published from actual surveys and the County records by Anderson Map Company.
1 map : col., 27 x 13 cm. Plat map from the Whitman County city of Johnson. Scale: 400'=1". Johnson was named for Jonathon Johnson, who purchased the townsite and platted it in 1877.
Plat map of Guy or Albion, (1910) <br>Plat book of Whitman County, Washington compiled and published from actual surveys and the County records by Anderson Map Company.
1 map : col., 30 x 18 cm. Originally known as Guy, the name of the town was changed to Albion in 1901. A British settler persuaded the town to make the name change after an early name for the region: New Albion. …
Geologic and topographic map of the Coast route from Seattle, Washington, to San Francisco, California, (1916) Bulletin 614 Sheet no. 1 [Seattle-Tacoma]
1 map: col., 20 x 33 cm. "U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 614 Sheet 1." Scale approximately 8 miles to 1 inch. A larger scale map of this route can be seen at http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu381 The next section of the…
Geologic and topographic map of the Coast route from Seattle, Washington, to San Francisco, California, (1916) Bulletin 614 Sheet no. 2 [Centralia]
1 map: col., 18 x 20 cm. "U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 614 Sheet 2." Scale approximately 8 miles to 1 inch. A larger scale map of this route can be seen at http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu381 The next section of the…
Geologic and topographic map of the Coast route from Seattle, Washington, to San Francisco, California, (1916) Bulletin 614 Sheet no. 5 [Eugene]
1 map: col., 20 x 20 cm. "U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 614 Sheet 5." Scale approximately 8 miles to 1 inch. A larger scale map of this route can be seen at http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu381 The next section of the map…
Geologic and topographic map of the Coast route from Seattle, Washington, to San Francisco, California, (1916) Bulletin 614 Sheet no. 7 [Medford-Ashland]
1 map: col., 20 x 20 cm. "U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 614 Sheet 7." Scale approximately 8 miles to 1 inch. A larger scale map of this route can be seen at http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu381 The next section of the map…
Geologic and topographic map of the Coast route from Seattle, Washington, to San Francisco, California, (1916) Bulletin 614 Sheet no. 4 [Salem]
1 map: col., 21 x 20 cm. "U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 614 Sheet 4." Scale approximately 8 miles to 1 inch. A larger scale map of this route can be seen at http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu381 The next section of the map…
Geologic and topographic map of the Coast route from Seattle, Washington, to San Francisco, California, (1916) Bulletin 614 Sheet no. 6 [Roseburg]
1 map: col., 20 x 20 cm. "U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 614 Sheet 6." Scale approximately 8 miles to 1 inch. A larger scale map of this route can be seen at http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu381 The next section of the map…
Geologic and topographic map of the Coast route from Seattle, Washington, to San Francisco, California, (1916) Bulletin 614 Sheet no. 3 [Portland]
1 map: col., 20 x 20 cm. "U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 614 Sheet 3." Scale approximately 8 miles to 1 inch. A larger scale map of this route can be seen at http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu381 The next section of the map…
The Palouse Country Pullman Washington, (1911)
1 map : col ; 22 x 41 cm.Scanned from: Pullman primer, Pullman Washington, home of the State College of Washington. Pullman was first settled in the 1870s, and platted in 1882 as Three Forks. The name was changed to Pullman in…