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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., 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 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., 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., 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., 34 x 25 cm. Page 40. Indian Reservation Boundaries and forest reserves shown. "Size of type indicates relative importance of places." Idaho was originally part of the Oregon Territory, then part of the Washington Territory when…

1 map: col., 34 x 25 cm. Page 48. Railroads, stage lines, and automobile lines are indicated. "Size of type indicates relative importance of places."

1 map : col., 34 x 25 cm.

1 map: col., 30 x 37 cm. Scale 1.5"=40 miles. Shows electric lines. From page 71 of Cram's unrivaled atlas of the world.George F. Cram, a Union soldier who fought in Sherman's Army during the Civil War, returned home in 1867 to Evanston, Illinois to…

1 map: blueprint, 41 x 41 cm. Map lists voting precincts of incorporated town. WSU MASC copy has annotations and some water damage. Whitman county, located in south-eastern Washington, is named after Marcus Whitman, a missionary who was killed…

1 ms. map ; 53 x 38 cm. Manuscript town plat for the city of Omak. Scale 200 feet = 1 inch. See another version of the map on verso: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu153 In 1901, Mr Ben F. Ross, an employee of the Great Northern…

1 ms. map ; 53 x 38 cm. Manuscript town plat for the city of Omak. Scale 200 feet = 1 inch. See another version of the map on recto: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu154 In 1901, Mr. Ben F. Ross, an employee of the Great Northern…

1 map : col., 34 x 29 cm.Population 75,116Area, square Miles 66,880George F. Cram, a Union soldier who fought in Sherman's Army during the Civil War, returned home in 1867 to Evanston, Illinois to begin a map and atlas company with his uncle, Rufus…

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

1 map ; 43 x 32 cm.Shows the Pacific Northwest including Vancouver Island. Identifies coastal features and water bodies including the Canal del Rosario and Straits of Juan de Fuca involved in the boundary dispute between Great Britain and the United…

1 map ; 36 x 44 cm."Sen. Ex. Doc. No. 1. 1st Sess. 47th Cong."Shows officers' quarters, hospital, location of Cos. D, E and F of the 2nd Infantry, the water tank, corrals, wheelwright and blacksmith shop, printing office, guard house, etc.Indexed in:…

1 map ; 39 x 39 cm.Relief shown pictorially"Sen. Ex. Doc. No. 1. 1st Sess. 47th Cong."Shows Camp Spokane, proposed pasture reserve, proposed wood reserve, proposed hay reserve, Columbia River, Spokane River, other hydrography, Gordon Prairie, Spokane…

1 map ; 27 x 62 cm.Bathymetry shown by form linesSymbols indicate location of pound-nets, canneries, and clam fisheries. Also shows areas of salmon gill-net fishing. Includes towns and tributaries"Report U.S.F.C. 1888--(To face page 240.) Pacific…

1 map ; 40 x 53 cm."J.A. Williamson, Commissioner" General Land Office"Sen. Ex. Doc. 120."Shows Washington Territory and its boundary with surrounding states. Shows proposed, amended, constructed, and branch lines of the Northern Pacific Railroad.…

1 map : 27 x 40 cm.Before the creation of the Walla Walla District on November 1, 1948, all work done by the War Department's Corp of Engineers on waterways in the west was handled by the district headquarters in Portland, Oregon. Most jobs done…

1 map : 26 x 40 cm. The unfolded front cover and verso of map. See map: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu150 This is a tourist brochure promoting Spokane and the surrounding area. As automobile travel became more and more…

1 map; 44 x 57 cm. Scale 1 inch equals 1000 feet. Drawn by W. Owen. "This map indicates nothing more than a proposed general plan of development of lands thereon designated." Proposed camp site and St. Helens Inn hand drawn in color.The town of…

1 map: blueprint, 40 x 36 cm. "Copied from Land Office Plat by Waterville Blue-Print Co. Corrected to June 14, 1907. This Township (north half withdrawn from entry by "E" Dec. 11, 1906 for adjustment of Indian allotments." Some sections withdrawn for…

1 map; 33 x 33 cm. Map shows towns and ranges with rail roads and wagon roads, and ferries across the Snake River indicated. Scale 5 miles to an inch. Whitman County, located in south-eastern Washington State, was created in 1871 out of Stevens…

1 map; 31 x 32 cm. Map shows incorporated and unincorporated land, railways, interurban roads, principal roads, elevations, schools, and the Yakima Indian Reservation. The Ahtanum Irrigation District is marked in red. Ahtanum Creek borders the north…

1 map; 18 x 25 cm.A small map of the campus at Washington State College, 1939.A number of buildings belonging to the Washington State College are shown in this footprint map of the campus for 1939. By the 1950s, the agriculture program became fully…

1 map: blueprint, 29 x 23 cm. The area labeled Block 7 eventually became the site of the Owen Science and Engineering Library (built 1977) and Cleveland Hall (1963), while Block 8 eventually became a parking lot. This map was presumably laid out…

1 map; 29 x 44 cm. Includes numbered Veteran's Housing.In 1946, Washington State College began a policy of entrance requirements for students. A housing shortage in the years directly following the Second World War forced the college to recognize…

1 map; 18 x 24 cm. Map shows early campus buildings with walks and roads indicated.Washington Agriculture College began in 1892, on the hills overlooking the fifteen year old, wheat-growing town of Pullman, Washington. A land-grant college funded by…

1 map: 25 x 43 cm. "Scale 12 miles to 1 inch." Manuscript note from verso "3 September, 1935. Presented to the State College of Washington by E. M. Tardy, Day School Inspector U.S. Justice Department."The Colville Indian Reservation was established…