View of Sprague, Washington Territory., (1888)
Files
Title
View of Sprague, Washington Territory., (1888)
Subject
Railroad land grants -- Washington (State) -- Maps.
Description
1 map : 7 x 18 cm. <br>On recto: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu292 <br>When the railroad came through in the 1880s, Sprague was so named by Northern Pacific officials for Gen. John Sprague, railway director. It had formerly known been as Hoodooville, after a local 'character'. Sprague boomed in the 1880s due to the railroad, but that was its peak, and it gradually receded in status thereafter.
Creator
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Source
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, WSU Libraries
Publisher
Buffalo, N.Y. : Matthews, Northrup & Co.
Date
1888
Contributor
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Rights
Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691
Relation
Is part of verso of Map showing land grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. in eastern Washington and northern Idaho. Corrected up to August 15, 1888.
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Maps<br>Bird's-eye views
Identifier
wsu357<br> G4281.P3 1888 .N37x
Coverage
Washington (State) -- Sprague
Collection
Citation
Northern Pacific Railroad Company, “View of Sprague, Washington Territory., (1888),” Digital Exhibits, accessed October 31, 2025, http://digitalexhibits.wsulibs.wsu.edu/items/show/1962.