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1 map: 40 x 31 cm. Scale 1 inch to 1 mile "Each curve shows an elevation of 50 ft., and the haschures an elevation of from 15 to 20 ft." In 1858 a military expedition was formed under the leadership of Col. George Wright to engage the Spokane…

1 map ; 33 x 45 cm.Relief shown pictoriallyIdentifies coastal features in Spanish along the Straits of Juan de Fuca including the Canal de Lopez de HaroIncludes notesIndexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 1557 (42-3) H.exdoc. 1, map 11Scale not…

1 map ; 15 x 23 cm.Relief shown pictoriallyIdentifies coastal features in Spanish along the Straits of Juan de Fuca including the Canal de Lopez de HaroIncludes notes"A."Scale not given

This plaque dedicated to J. Harlen Bretz for his work in explaining the topography of Eastern Washington is located outside the Dry Falls Visitor Center.

1 map: col., 11 x 13 cm.Plat map from the Garfield County city of Chard. Scale: 300'=1". Located fifteen miles west of Pomeroy near Pataha Creek, the tiny settlement of Chard was established by W.J. Chard. It began as a railway station, and in…

1 map: col., 69 x 36 cm.Plat map from the Whitman County city of Colfax. Scale: 400'=1".The farming town of Colfax (located thirteen miles northwest of Pullman) was named in 1872 in honor of President Grant's Vice President, Mr. Schuyler Colfax, by…

1 map: col., 46 x 40 cm. Plat map from the Whitman County city of Farmington.Scale 400'=1"In 1886, the Oregon and Washington Railway & Navigation Co. built track running from Portland into eastern Washington. The track ended at Farmington, named…

1 map: col., 40 x 36 cm.Plat map from the Whitman County city of Garfield Washington. Scale 400'=1" Located eighteen miles northeast of Colfax, the town of Garfield was platted by landowner Samuel J. Tant in 1881. The plat was filed and the town…

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. …

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.

1 map: col., 46 x 40 cm. Plat map from the Whitman County city of Malden.Scale 400'=1"Located twenty miles north of Colfax, the town of Malden, Washington was named by the then Vice President of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway--Mr. H. R.…

1 map: col., 23 x 34 cm.Plat map from the Whitman County city of Palouse. Scale: 400'=1"The word Palouse stems from the name of native tribes in the area that were perhaps known as the Palus, Palost, Pallah, or Palusha people. When French trappers…

1 map: col., 9 x 12 cm.Plat map from the Whitman County town of Pampa. T 15, N.R. 39E, Scale 400'=1". The Columbia and Palouse Railroad Company's line ran through the Pampa siding in 1883. The town grew large enough for a post office just one year…

1 map: col., 17 x 24 cm.Plat map from the Garfield County city of Pataha. Scale: 300'=1".In 1881, the newly formed Garfield County held its county seat at Pataha City for one year. It transferred the next year three miles away to Pomeroy,…

1 map: col., 27 x 36 cm.Plat map from the Whitman County city of Penawawa. Scale: 600'=1".Named after a nearby creek at Union Flat, the town of Penawawa lay twelve miles west of Almota. Its first permanent settler, Mr. Ed Johnson, arrived in 1871…

1 map: col., 42 x 34 cm. Plat map from the Whitman County city of Steptoe.Scale 400'=1"The area now known as the town of Steptoe was called Steptoe Station at first. This is because the town began as a siding, or flag stop, for the railroad. Records…

1 map: col., 40 x 36 cm.Plat map from the Whitman County city of Tekoa. Scale: 400'=1". Tekoa's first settler, Mr. Frank P. Connell, erected a post office at his trading post in 1888. That same year, Mr. Daniel Traux platted forty acres…

1 map: col., 17 x 20 cm.Plat map from the Whitman County city of Texas City Scale: 400'=1".At one time the small community of Texas City was also known as Texas Ferry. Located on the Snake River, you can perhaps derive the town's economic interests…

1 map: col., 40 x 32 cm. Plat map from the Whitman County city of Farmington.Scale 400'=1"Located between Union Flat, the earliest settlement founded in Whitman County (1869), and Cow Creek (1879), Union Town was named by Jesuit missionary Fr. Joseph…

1 map: col., 41 x 34 cm.Plat maps from the Whitman County cities of Endicott, Almota, Revere, Pandora, and Palisades. Endicott and Almota scale 400'=1"Revere, Pandora, and Palisades scale 800'=1"Of the five platted towns, only Endicott and Almota…

1 map: col., 41 x 31 cm.Plat maps from the Whitman County cities of Belmont, Hay, and Pine City, Washington. Belmont scale 600'=1" Hay scale 400'=1"Pine City scale 400'=1"A past director of the Northern Pacific Railroad, Mr. August Belmont, was given…

1 map: col., 35 x 14 cm.Plat map from the Whitman County cities of Palouse (Boone Park addition) and Willada or Lancaster. Scale: 400'=1" for Boone Park Addition and 300'=1" for Willada.In 1888-89, the Oregon Railway Extension Co. (which later became…

1 map: col., 39 x 27 cm.Plat maps from the Whitman County cities of Colton, Staley and Diamond. Colton scale 400'=1" Staley scale 400'=1"Diamond scale 400'=1"The town of Colton, eleven miles south of Pullman, began as a settlement in 1879. Mr.…

1 map: col, 43 x 30 cm.Plat maps from the Whitman County cities of Hooper, Chambers and La Crosse scale 400'=1"Chambers has been described as an "odd-shaped town", consisting of one to five block streets. The shortest street, Granite, ran along…

1 map: col., 38 x 26 cm.Plat map from the Whitman County cities of Rock Lake City and Lamont. Scale: 400'=1".The settlement at Rock Lake was platted on its southwest side in 1903 by Willis Anson Evans. Evans bought three acres of land, and in three…

1 map: col., 44 x 30 cm.Plat maps from the Whitman County cities of St. John, and Winona scale 400'=1"At Pleasant Valley Creek, eighteen miles northwest of Colfax, the Oregon Railway and Navigation Co. platted and filed the town in 1888. The…

1 map: col., 44 x 35 cm. Plat maps from the Whitman County cities of Thornton and Elberton.Scale 400'=1"Elberton, named after Elbert, the deceased son of plat filer Sylvester M. Wait in 1886, began as the site of a mill. Located 12 miles northeast…

1 map: col., 36 x 34 cm.Plat map of a portion of the Whitman County city of Pullman. Scale 1.5"=1 mile. See the other part of Pullman: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu170 Some speculation has arisen over the longstanding story…

1 map: col., 36 x 33 cm.Plat map of a portion of the Whitman County city of Pullman. Scale 1.5"=1 mile. See the other part of Pullman: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu169 The village of Pullman…