Birds-eye view of Snohomish, Washington (1889)
Snohomish (Wash.) -- Aerial views -- Maps Snohomish (Wash.)-- Pictorial works
1 view : col ; 30 x 42 cm. Insets: Blackman block, The Eye news, book & job printing, Office of the eye C. H. Packard, Editor & Manager, and Carthcarts Hall. Scanned from: History of the Pacific Northwest : Oregon and Washington. Portland, Or. : North Pacific History Co., 1889. v. 2, p. 246. The town of Snohomish began, loosely, in 1859 when three men filed land claims at the spot where a proposed military road from Fort Steilacoom to Fort Bellingham was to cross the Snohomish River. Though the military road was never fully completed to the north, Snohomish still became the major center of the area as a result of the crossing. Snohomish was considered the area's major center for many years to come. Gradually the distinction turned to Everett, located five miles to the northeast on the Puget Sound. However, at the time pictured here, Snohomish was still the most important town. The railroad bridge pictured on the right here was completed on September 22, 1888, and cemented the towns importance as a lumber center. The insets: The Blackman Block was the home of Blackman Bros., a general merchandise store, as well as a jeweler, a confectioner, and several lawyers. The Eye was the Snohomish newspaper. Cathcart Hall was briefly the home of the first Snohomish bank.
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Is part of History of the Pacific Northwest : Oregon and Washington : embracing an account of the original discoveries on the Pacific coast of North America, and a description of the conquest, settlement and subjugation of the vast country included in the original territory of Oregon : also interesting biographies of the earliest settlers and more prominent men and women of the Pacific Northwest, including a statistical and graphic description of the climate, soil, productions, industries, improvements and occupations, as well as the natural advantages and resources and artificial acquirements of the great states of Oregon and Washington.
United States--Washington (Territory)--Snohomish
Arlington (Wash.) -- Aerial views -- Maps Arlington (Wash.) -- Pictorial works
1 view : col ; 30 x 42 cm. Insets: Arlington National Bank, Union Block, First Nation Bank of Arlington, and the Sanford House. Scanned from: History of the Pacific Northwest : Oregon and Washington. Portland, Or. : North Pacific History Co., 1889. v. 2, p. 350. Arlington was first settled in 1880, after the area was used through much of the previous decade as a meeting point where cattlemen would gather their cattle for sale. Originally named Alkali (after the Alkali Canyon, which it was located at the mouth of), the name was changed to Arlington in 1885 when the town was incorporated. The origin of the name Arlington is uncertain- it is presumed to be either after a prominent resident, Nathan Arlington Cornish, or after Arlington, VA in honor of that town's prominent resident of the day, southern General Robert E. Lee. The entire town of Arlington was relocated just uphill between 1953 and 1973, when the building of the John Day Dam drowned (on January 2nd, 1968) old Arlington for good.
Birdseye view of the city of Whatcom, Washington Territory 1888, (1889)
Washington (State) -- Maps Whatcom, Wash. -- Pictorial works
1 view : col ; 30 x 42 cm. Scanned from: History of the Pacific Northwest : Oregon and Washington. Portland, Or. : North Pacific History Co., 1889. v. 2, p. 138. Inset: Lake Whatcom. Whatcom was the first town in the area, founded originally around a lumber mill. The discovery of coal in the local hills provided impetus for further growth, and the prospect (which proved false, in the end, due to the impassability of the mountains to the east) of the area being the western terminus for the transcontinental Great Northern Railroad pushed a boom. In 1890, the nearby town of Sehome was merged into Whatcom, while two other nearby towns, Fairhaven and Bellingham, combined as Fairhaven. In 1903 Whatcom and Fairhaven incorporated into one town, taking the mutually acceptable name of Bellingham. Lake Whatcom is located approximately 3 miles east of Whatcom/Bellingham.
United States--Washington (Territory)--Whatcom
Port Hadlock, Wash. Ter., Located by Samuel Hadlock in 1870, (1889)
Washington (State) -- Maps Port Hadlock, Wash.-- Pictorial works
1 view : col ; 22 x 30 cm. Scanned from: History of the Pacific Northwest : Oregon and Washington. Portland, Or. : North Pacific History Co., 1889. v. 2, p. 24. Port Hadlock was founded as a lumber milling town by Captain Samuel Hadlock. It's located on the southwest shore of Port Townsend Bay.
Mt. Vernon, Washington Territory, (1889)
Washington (Territory) -- Maps Mt. Vernon, Wash. -- Pictorial works
1 view : col ; 30 x 41 cm. Insets include the Washington Hotel, Residence of H. P Downs, Esq, Residence of M. McMara., and the Mt. Vernon Saw Mill. Scanned from: History of the Pacific Northwest : Oregon and Washington. Portland, Or. : North Pacific History Co., 1889. v. 2, p. 106. The Mt. Vernon area was first settled in 1870, and the town was founded in 1877. It was named after George Washington's home and burial site. Due to its central position in the county, and its accessibility from the sound up the Skagit River, Mt. Vernon became the county seat of Skagit County in 1884. The flag in the center of the drawing was raised in 1877, when John Lorenzy trimmed the limbs from a very straight 200 ft cedar tree, and attached the flag to it at a height of 147 feet. It was destroyed in a 1891 fire which also destroyed the Washington Hotel (upper left inset), and 17 other buildings.
United States--Washington (Territory)--Mt Vernon
Oregon -- Maps Heppner, Oregon -- Pictorial works
1 view : col ; 30 x 42 cm. Insets: Morrow Land and Trust Company and O. R & N Co. Depot, Public School, Post Office and Heppner & Blackmann, First National Bank, M.E Church, Dr. E. R. Swinburne Residence, and the Roller Mill Scanned from: History of the Pacific Northwest : Oregon and Washington. Portland, Or. : North Pacific History Co., 1889. v. 2, p. 70 Heppner's first settler arrived in 1869, and the area was originally named Stansbury Flats after that first settler, George Stansbury. Located at the convergence of five canyons and three creeks, Heppner was ideally situated as a central trading center, and the town grew very rapidly. By 1873, 4 years after the first settler arrived, the town had at least two general stores, a doctor, a drug store, a saloon, a post office, and a school. Much of the residential area seen here was destroyed in a 1903 flash flood which killed 200 people.
Pullman, Wash. -- Maps Pullman, Wash. -- Pictorial works
1 view : col ; 22 x 30 cm. Inset view: The Public School The view was drawn sometime prior to 1889. Most of the downtown visible in this scene burned in a major fire in 1890. After the 1890 fire, the town opted to rebuild the downtown in brick. The view looks across town towards the housing on Pioneer Hill. Scanned from: History of the Pacific Northwest : Oregon and Washington. Portland, Or. : North Pacific History Co., 1889. v. 2, p. 118 A different, multi-colored, version of the map: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu343b
United States--Washington (Territory)--Pullman
Map of the Oregon Territory : from the best authorities, (1849)
Northwest, Pacific -- Maps. Canada, Western -- Maps. Oregon Territory -- Maps Boundaries -- Washington Territory Columbia River -- Maps
1 map ; 21 x 33 cm. Relief shown by hachures. Inset: Columbia River, reduced from a survey [scale ca. 1:2,000,000] made by the U.S. Ex. Ex., 1841. From: Western America Charles Wilkes. 1849. In lower right margin: Edwd. Yaeger Sc. This map is a direct refinement of Charles Wilkes' 1841 Map of the Oregon Territory (visible at http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu530 ). With a little patience you can begin to discover internal differences, mostly with respect to refinements and additions in the placement of mountain ranges. Terrain has been added to Vancouver Island, Mt. McLaughlin on the very southern edge of the map has been moved to a more correct location, and so forth.
[Philadelphia : Lee and Blanchard], 1849.
Is part of Western America, including California and Oregon, with maps of those regions, and of the Sacramento Valley by Charles Wilkes.
United States--Oregon United States--Washington (State)
Map of Washington showing location of mining districts U.S. Geological Survey, Otis Smith, director, (1912)
Mines and mineral resources -- Washington (State) -- Maps.
1 map : col. ; 19 x 27 cm. Series Bulletin ; 507. Geological Survey bulletin ; 507. Shows predominant mineral for each mining district. "Plate 15"--Map has been cut from larger sheet. Mounted on cloth backing. George Otis Smith, later director of the U.S. Geological Survey, actually has a hand in surveying the geography of Washington State. In the early 1900s, Smith was part of a team of surveyors sent to study the American-Canadian border when the two neighbors agreed to have the border resurveyed. For most of the 1800s, maps had focused on land in terms of acquiring access (railroads, trails), and assuring settlement. With the interest engendered by the Californian and Alaskan gold rushes of the latter half of that century, maps began to focus on the geologic aspects of the northwest as well.
[Washington, D.C.?] : U.S. Geological Survey, 1912.
Rail road & township map of Washington. (1887) Grant's map of Washington Territory.
Washington (State) -- Maps Washington Territory -- Railroads -- Maps
1 map : col. ; 39 x 49 cm. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress." Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. On verso: Index to Grant's map of Washington Territory and Index to Grant's map of Oregon. From: Grant's standard indexed atlas (p. 205-208).
[New York : Grant, A. A. (Alexander A.)]
Washington Territory compiled from the official records of the General Land Office and other sources, G.P. Strum, Principal Draughtsman, General Land Office. (1883)
Washington (State) -- Maps Washington Territory Surveys -- Washington Territory
1 map : col. ; 55 x 72 cm. "Longitude west from Greenwich and Washington." Scale 1:950,400. 15 mi. to 1 in. The pairs of parallel lines that arc across these maps are land grants- as certain railroads were constructed, the railroad companies were granted half the land (in alternating blocs) that was located within a certain distance of their railroad. In certain cases this land was traded for other lands, and the quantity of land also depended on several things, including the exact arrangement and whether the land was in a state or in a territory.
[Washington] : The Office, 1883 (New York : Julius Bien, Photo lith & print.)
Great Northern Railway and connections, (1909)
Washington (State) -- Description and travel -- Maps Great Northern Railway (U.S.)
1 map : 22 x 19 cm. in a book with 39 p. : ill., maps, port. ; 29 cm. View front cover: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu330 View Detail map of Washington, Northern Idaho and Southern British Columbia: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu329 This map comes from a large promotional brochure, whereby the Great Northern Railway is attempting to sell potential settlers on emigration to Washington State. Included are sections on each major region of the state, large numbers of laudatory letters from those who have already settled there, and a short section on the forthcoming Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.
St. Paul, Minn. : General Passenger Dept. of the Great Northern Railway
Is part of Washington, northern Idaho, British Columbia.
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Detail map of Washington, Northern Idaho and Southern British Columbia, (1909)
1 map ; 29 x 44 cm. Map is the centerfold in a book with 39 p. : ill., maps, port. ; 29 cm. View front cover: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu330 View Great Northern Railway map with projected lines: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu328 This map comes from a large promotional brochure, whereby the Great Northern Railway is attempting to sell potential settlers on emigration to Washington State. Included are sections on each major region of the state, large numbers of laudatory letters from those who have already settled there, and a short section on the forthcoming Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.
United States--Washington (State) United States -- Idaho British Columbia
Map of Oregon and Washington Territory, (1883) The Pacific Northwest; information for settlers and others. Oregon and Washington territory with map.
Northwest, Pacific -- Description and travel -- Maps Northern Pacific Railroad Company -- Maps Railroads -- Maps
1 map : 30 x 23 cm. In September, 1883, the Northern Pacific completed its transcontinental railroad route, opening the northwest to easy emigration and settlement from the east. This map comes from a brochure published by the Northern Pacific and advertising the Pacific Northwest. In order to get the Northern Pacific's transcontinental route completed, the United States government awarded the railroad large grants of land located close to its route. Alternating plots of land within 50 miles on either side of the track in Territories, and within 30 miles either to side in states were given to the NP. Hashed lines on this map designate the outer limits of the railroad's lands for sale.
New York, Published at the Office of The Northwest , 1883
Is part of The Pacific Northwest; information for settlers and others. Oregon and Washington territory with map.
United States--Washington (State) United States--Oregon
U.P.R.R. map showing line of branches from U.P.R.R. to Portland Oregon, Puget Sound Wash, Terr, to Montana : to accompany report of G. M. Dodge Chief Eng., (1886)
Washington Territory -- Maps Union Pacific Railroad Company -- Maps Pacific railroads -- Early projects Railroads -- Branch lines -- Maps
1 map : 69 x 78 cm. Some lines hand colored. This map is from a report by the Chief Engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad, General Grenville Dodge, to the U.P. Board of Directors, advocating the building of a branch line from Salt Lake City to Oregon and the Puget Sound. Dodge suggests the route could be finished by January 1, 1970. However, construction did not begin until 1881 (finally spurred on by a competing railroad), and the Oregon Short Line, as the branch was known, was not completed until 1884.
Washington, D. C. : Philp & Solomons, 1868.
Is part of Report of G. M. Dodge, chief engineer, to the Board of Directors, on a branch railroad line from the Union Pacific Railroad to Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Puget's Sound.
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Colton's Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia, (1867)
Northwest, Pacific -- Maps. Washington (State) -- Maps. Oregon -- Maps. Idaho -- Maps. Montana -- Maps.
1 map : col. ; 40 x 64 cm., on sheet 44 x 71 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1867 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York."--from margin. "No. 82-No. 83"--from margin ; probably pages from a Colton's atlas, title unknown. Text on verso: "The State of Oregon and Washington Territory." Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
United States--Washington (State) Oregon Idaho Montana British Columbia Canada
Indians of North America -- Missions -- Maps. Missions -- Oregon -- Maps.
1 map : 22 x 26 cm. folded to 15 x 10 cm. Map indicates the travels of Pierre-Jean de Smet around the Northwest with Missions indicated. "Longitude West from Greenwich." Father Pierre Jean De Smet came to the northwest in 1840, as a "black robe" missionary to the Flathead Indians. With them, he traveled through Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana until 1841, when he was appointed Superior of the Oregon Missions. He remained at that post until 1846, after which he returned east. This is an English translation of a De Smet map which was originally done in De Smet's native French. The French map can be seen at: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu261
Is part of Oregon missions and travels over the Rocky mountains, in 1845-46. By Father P.J. De Smet.
United States -- Oregon Territory United States--Washington (State)
Eastern Washington via Northern Pacific R.R., (ca. 1900)
Northern Pacific Railroad Company -- Maps. Railroads -- United States -- Maps. Washington (State) -- Maps.
1 map : Col., 51 x 35 cm. folded to 18 x 9 cm. Text from the back of a Northern Pacific map of Eastern Washington including information for various eastern Washington counties on agriculture, climate, and homesteading. View map on front: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu326
Eastern Washington Northern Pacific Railroad, (ca. 1900)
1 map : Col., 51 x 35 cm. folded to 18 x 9 cm. Text on back includes information for various eastern Washington counties on agriculture, climate, and homesteading. View text and map on back: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu327 This map comes from a promotional brochure produced by the Northern Pacific Railroad. Government land grants to the railroad in return for the construction of its transcontinental route left the various early transcontinental railroads in the business of promoting regions and selling land to settlers for decades after the completion of their routes. The Northern Pacific completed their transcontinental railroad, the first to the northwest, in 1883.
Newport (1936) Washington 1:125,000 topographic quadrangles
1 map : col. ; 45 x 31 cm. or smaller Relief shown by contours and spot heights Title supplied by cataloger Set includes various editions "Surveyed in 1930, 1935, 1936" Includes green shading indicating wooded areas "Contour interval 100 feet. Datum is mean sea level." Scale 1:125,000 ; Polyconic proj. (W 117°30--W 117°00/N 48°30--N 48°00)
U.S. Geological Survey Stevenson, R.G. Fankhauser, A. Kain, S.C.
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From the series: Washington 1:125,000 topographic quadrangles
United States -- Washington (State) -- Pend Orielle County United States -- Washington (State) -- Spokane County United States -- Washington (State) -- Stevens County United States -- Idaho -- Bonner County
Rock Lake (1919) Washington 1:125,000 topographic quadrangles
1 map : 45 x 31 cm. or smaller "Datum is mean sea level." Title supplied by cataloger Set includes various editions "Advance sheet 95-S-W/2" Compiled from "R.R. Alignment Maps of Northern Pacific R.R., Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul R. R., Spokane Portland & Seattle R. R. Oregon Washingotn R. R. & Navigation Co. Land lines and general data from U.S.G.S. map of Washington. Map of Adams Co., Lincoln Co., Spokane Co., Whitman Co." Scale 1:125,000 (W 118°00--W 117°30/N 47°30--N 47°00)
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers Potter, Chas. L., Col.
Washington, D.C. : Engineer Reproduction Plant, U.S. Army
United States -- Washington (State) --Adams County United States -- Washington (State) -- Lincoln County United States -- Washington (State) -- Spokane County United States -- Washington (State) -- Whitman County
Pacific Lake (1918) Washington 1:125,000 topographic quadrangles
1 map : 45 x 31 cm. or smaller Title supplied by cataloger Set includes various editions "Advance sheet 79-S-W/2" Compiled from "R.R. Alignment Maps of Northern Pacific R.R. Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. Land lines and general data from U. S. G. S. map of Washington. Map of Lincoln Co., Adams Co., Grant Co." Scale 1:125,000 (W 119°00--W 118°30/N 47°30--47°00)
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Army Map Service
United States -- Washington (State) -- Adams County United States -- Washington (State) -- Lincoln County
Ritzville (1919) Washington 1:125,000 topographic quadrangles
1 map : 45 x 31 cm. or smaller "Advance sheet 1658:34/35" Compiled from "R. R> Alignment Maps of Northern Pacific R. R. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R. R. Great Northern R. R. Land lines and general data from U.S.G.S. map of Washington. Map of Lincoln Co. and Adams Co." Title supplied by cataloger Set includes various editions Scale 1:125,000 (W 118°30--W 118°00/N 47°30--N 47°00)
Riparia (1922) Washington 1:125,000 topographic quadrangles
1 map : 45 x 31 cm. or smaller "Advance sheet 80-N-II&IV" Compiled from "R. R. Alignment Maps of Northern Pacific R. R., Oregon Washington R. R. & Navigation Co., Spokane Portland & Seattle R. R. Land lines and general data from Map of Walla Walla Co., Columbia Co., Franklin Co., Whitman Co., and Adams Co." Title supplied by cataloger Set includes various editions Scale 1:125,000 (W 118°30--W 118°00/N 47°00--N 46°30)
United States -- Washington (State) -- Adams County United States -- Washington (State) -- Columbia County United States -- Washington (State) -- Franklin County United States -- Washington (State) -- Walla Walla County United States -- Washington (State) -- Whitman County
County and township map of Oregon and Washington by Wm. M. Bradley & Bro, (1887)
Washington (State) -- Maps Oregon -- Maps Indians of North America -- Maps
1 map : col. ; 61 x 39 cm. Scale [ca. 1:1,900,800] Includes range and township, Indian reservations and military camps.
Omak Lake (1919) Washington 1:125,000 topographic quadrangles
1 map : 45 x 31 cm. or smaller Relief shown by contours and spot heights Title supplied by cataloger Set includes various editions "Advance sheet 1659;10/11" "Datum is mean sea level" "Land Lines, Roads, Trails, Creeks, Rivers etc., from Township Maps, Douglas County Map, Forestry Map, Washington State Map, Colville Indian Reservation Map." Scale 1:125,000 (W 119°30--W 119°00/N 48°30--N 48°00)
United States -- Washington (State) -- Douglas County United States -- Washington (State) -- Okanogan County
Land classification sheet, Washington, Tacoma quadrangle (1897) Washington 1:125,000 topographic quadrangles
Washington (State) -- Maps, Topographic Land use -- Washington (State) -- King County -- Maps Land use -- Washington (State) -- Pierce County -- Maps Forests and forestry -- Washington (State) -- King County -- Maps Forests and forestry -- Washington (State) -- Pierce County -- Maps King County (Wash.) -- Maps Pierce County (Wash.) -- Maps
1 map : col. ; 45 x 31 cm. or smaller Relief shown by contours and spot heights Set includes various editions "Surveyed in 1894-95" "Engraved April 1897 by U.S.G.S." "Edition of Feb. 1900" Diagram depicts which topographers were responsible for which areas of the map Land classification surveyed in 1897 "Contour interval 50 feet. Datum is mean sea level." Text on verso: FOREST CONDITIONS OF THE TACOMA QUADRANGLE This land classification sheet, representing the Tacoma quadrangle, shows the area which at the time of survey, in 1894-95, was covered with woods, and the areas containing timber of merchantable size and quality, which, as defined by the practice in Washington, includes trees having a butt diameter of 20 inches or more, with a length below branches of at least 32 feet. It shows, furthermore, the portions of the quadrangle which have been cut over or culled for lumber or clearing, and those which have been burned. As is seen, most of these areas have, since the cutting and burning, commenced to become reforested. The areas naturally devoid of forests are also indicated, including a few square miles at the head of Commencement Bay, a small area in the valley of White River, and a large area south of Tacoma. The last is an area of approximately level land, covered by coarse glacial deposits, in which the copious rainfall rapidly sinks, making it, to all intents and purposes, an arid soil. It is because of this feature of the soil that the region is largely open and park-like. It contains scattered groves of trees, largely composed of lodgepole pine, a species here of no merchantable value. The trees are of small size, and branch nearly to the ground. The total area of this quadrangle is 812 square miles. Of this the land area is approximately 737 square miles, the remainder being included in Puget Sound and a few small lakes. With the exception of the areas above mentioned which are naturally timberless or are covered with lodgepole pine, and which include about 105 square miles, the land area was formerly covered with forest of merchantable timber. Of this timbered area of 632 square miles, there have been cut or culled for lumber, or cleared for settlement, about 200 square miles, and there have been burned 143 square miles, leaving in standing merchantable timber only 289 square miles. Thus, since settlement began in this region, timber has been destroyed over an area of 343 square miles, or 54 per cent of the area formerly forested. On all the areas thus denuded timber is growing again, except where the land has been cultivated: so that the wooded area, including all lands on which wood is growing, comprises not less than 560 square miles, or 76 per cent of the land area of the quadrangle. The areas not now wooded consist not only of those naturally without forests, as above specified, but the sites and suburbs of the towns and cities and the numerous farms scattered over the quadrangle. The area covered with merchantable timber is estimated to contain the following amount, in feet B.M.: Red fir (Pseudotsuga taxifolia), 1,686,900,000 feet; spruce (Picea sitchensis), 5,447,000 feet; cedar (Thuja plicata), 374,397,000 feet; hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana), 22,429,000 feet; total, 2,089,173,000 feet. Four-fifths of the above amount of timber consists of red fir, and nearly all the remainder of cedar, the amount of spruce and hemlock being insignificant. The average stand of timber upon the timbered area of this quadrangle is but little over 11,000 feet B.M. per acre, a stand only about half as great as that of the Seattle quadrangle, immediately north of it. This region, lying in the Sound valley, at the head of that sheet of water, is blessed with an ample rainfall and a humid atmosphere, which are especially favorable to tree growth; so that wherever forests have been destroyed their reproduction is rapid, and the species which succeed are usually identical with those destroyed. HENRY GANNETT, March, 1899. Scale 1:125,000 (W 122°30--W 122°00/N 47°30--N 47°00)
U.S. Geological Survey Gannett, Henry Goode, R.U. Griswold, W.T. U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Hyde, G.E. McKee, R.H.
United States -- Washington (State) -- King County United States -- Washington (State) -- Pierce County
Land classification sheet, Washington, Seattle quadrangle (1897) Washington 1:125,000 topographic quadrangles
Washington (State) -- Maps, Topographic Land use -- Washington (State) -- King County -- Maps Land use -- Washington (State) -- Snohomish County -- Maps Forests and forestry -- Washington (State) -- King County -- Maps Forests and forestry -- Washington (State) -- Snohomish County -- Maps King County (Wash.) -- Maps Snohomish County (Wash.) -- Maps
1 map : col. ; 45 x 31 cm. or smaller Relief shown by contours and spot heights Set includes various editions "Surveyed in 1893-94-95" "Engraved June 1897 U.S.G.S." "Contour interval 50 feet. Datum is mean sea level." "Edition of Mar. 1900." Land classification surveyed in 1897 Diagram depicts which topographers were responsible for which areas of the map Text from the verso: FOREST CONDITIONS OF THE SEATTLE QUADRANGLE. This land-classification sheet, representing the Seattle quadrangle, shows the area which at the time of survey, in 1894-95, was covered with woods, and the area estimated to contain timber of merchantable size and quantity, which, as defined by the practice in Washington, includes trees having a butt diameter of 20 inches or more, with a length below branches of at least 32 feet. It shows, furthermore, the portions of the quadrangle which have been cut over or culled for lumber or clearing, and the area which has been burned. As is seen, most, if not all, of these areas have, since the cutting and burning, commenced to become reforested. The areas naturally devoid of forests are also indicated. The total area of this quadrangle is 804 square miles. Of this the land area is estimated at 565 square miles, 239 square miles being occupied by Puget Sound and its arms and by Washington and Sammamish lakes and other smaller bodies of water. This land was formerly covered with forests of merchantable timber, with the exception of some 20 square miles of swamp lands in the valley of Snohomish River and at the head of Elliot Bay, near Seattle, which were naturally without forests. Of this timbered area of 545 square miles, there have been cut or culled for lumber, or cleared for settlement, not less than 330 square miles, and there have been burned 40 square miles. Thus, since settlement began in this region the timber has been destroyed on an area of 370 square miles, or two-thirds of the area formerly forested, leaving only 175 square miles in merchantable forests. On most of the land thus denuded timber is growing again, so that the wooded area, including all land on which wood is growing, comprises not less than 495 square miles, or 88 per cent of the entire land area. The areas not wooded consist of those naturally without forests, the sites and suburbs of the towns and cities, and the numerous little farms scattered over the quadrangle. The area covered with merchantable timber is estimated to contain 1,653,246,000 feet B.M. of fir, almost entirely red fir (Pseudotsuga taxifolia), and 783,299,000 feet B.M. of cedar, mainly Thuja plicata, a total of 2,436,475,000 feet B.M. The merchantable timber consists almost entirely of these two species, and more than two-thirds of it is red fir. The average stand of timber upon this area is about 22,000 feet per acre, a heavy stand even for this heavily timbered part of the country. This region, which is blessed with a heavy rainfall and a humid atmosphere, is especially favorable to tree growth, and wherever the forests have been destroyed the reproduction is rapid, and the species which succeed are usually identical with those destroyed. HENRY GANNETT, March, 1899. Scale 1:125,000 (W 122°30--W 122°00/N 48°00--N 47°30)
U.S. Geological Survey Gannett, Henry Goode, R.U. Griswold, W.T. McKee, R.H. Hyde, G.E. Gannett, Henry Rankne, J.W. Plummer, G.H.
United States -- Washington (State) -- Island County United States -- Washington (State) -- King County United States -- Washington (State) -- Kitsap County United States -- Washington (State) -- Snohomish County
Colton's map of the states and territories west of the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean : showing the overland routes, projected rail road lines, &c, (1864)
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1 map : hand col. ; 67 x 97 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Also shows locations of native tribes. Cover title: Colton's map of the states & territories from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, &c. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1864 by J.H. Colton in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York." Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Originally folded, in cover 16 x 11 cm. The approximate date of this map is easily distinguishable in a quick glance, as the Idaho Territory was formed out of the Washington Territory in 1863, and subsequently split into the Idaho and Montana Territories just one year later, in 1864. Also of note on this map are the Nevada borders, which are at this time further west and north than they are in present day. The Nevada Territory was created in 1861, extended into Utah in 1862, statehood was granted in 1864, and then the State was extended further into both Utah and Arizona in 1866. Nevada's rush to Statehood came about mostly due to the Union's need of tax revenue from the extensive silver mines there to finance its actions in the Civil War. The expansion into the Arizona and Utah territories (moving the western Nevada border from 117 degrees west longitude to 114 degrees and south through Arizona along the Colorado) came about from the desire to place a strategically important pass, located just east of then sleepy Las Vegas on the Old Spanish Trail, inside incorporated United States territory, and outside of both Mormon and notoriously lawless Arizonan hands.
Map of Chehalis County, Washington compiled from government and county records and published by C. H. Fenner , C.E. and Surveyor, (1893)
Washington (State) -- Maps. Chehalis County (Wash.) -- Maps. Washington (State) imprints, 19th century, 1893.
1 blueprint map ; 74 x 75 cm. fold. to 17 x 10 cm. Original folding blueprint map. Color coding manuscripts additions indicate Weyerhauser and other timber interests. Fenner also located cities, railroads, the Quinault Indian Reservation and a large northern region of the county as mountainous and unsurveyed. Gray's Harbor is also shown. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1893 by C.H. Fenner in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." WSU MASC copy inscribed on verso, "W Cooney = Complimentary =". An attempt was made in 1907 to subdivide Chehalis County into two counties: Chehalis and Grays Harbor. Though the state legislature approved this, it was overturned by the State Supreme Court on constitutional grounds. Chehalis County as a whole changed its name to Grays Harbor County in 1915, and this map accurately represent the county lines that are in effect today.
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