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)

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<br>Surveys -- Washington Territory

1 map ; 44 x 58 cm.<br>Relief shown by hachures<br>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<br>"H.R. Ex. Doc. No1. 37th Cong. 3d Sess."<br>"Lith. of J. Bien, 24 Vesey St. N.Y."<br>Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 1160 (37-3) H.exdoc. 1, map 1<br>Scale not given <br>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.

Giddings, E.<br>Bien, Julius, 1826-1909

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1862

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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)

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