Map showing the line of boundary between the United States & British possessions :...

1 map : hand col. ; 72 x 91 cm. "Bowen & Co. lith, Philada." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths by soundings and gradient tints. Shows four proposed boundaries between the United States and British Columbia introduced to resolve the...

1868-11-24

Puget Sound Washington Territory (1889)

1 map ; 90 x 54 cm. Depths shown by soundings. Shows soundings and coastal features in Puget Sound. Includes islands, points, creeks, passages, bays, inlets, coves, lakes, rivers, ports, bluffs, sounds, harbors, cities and railroads. Indexed in:...

1890-11-24

Strait of Juan de Fuca (1853). America, N.W. Coast, Strait of Juan de Fuca (1853)

1 map ; 56 x 86 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings in fathoms. Shows Juan de Fuca Straits, Haro Straits, Rosario Straits, Admiralty Inlet, and Puget Sound. Indicates bottom types and the location of kelp beds....

1873-11-24

Chart of the Columbia River from the ocean to Portland, Oregon illustrating the...

1 map ; 36 x 133 cm. Appendix 1: Report on the fisheries of the Pacific coast of the United States / by J. W. Collins. Bathymetry shown by isolines. Includes islands, points, shoals, sloughs, creeks, spits, bars, cities, towns, and other rivers....

1891-11-24

Haro and Rosario Straits (1859). North America, West Coast, Haro and Rosario Straits...

1 map ; 86 x 58 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings in fathoms. The shores of Juan de Fuca Straits to Admiralty Inlet from Capt. H. Kellet's survey, 1847. Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 1557...

1873-11-24

Washington Sound and approaches, Washington Territory (1872)

1 map : col. ; 45 x 41 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings in fathoms. Indexed in: CIS US serial set index, pt. 14, 1557 (42-3), H.exdoc. 1, map 12. Scale 1:200,000

1873-11-24

Map of military reconnaissance from Fort Dalles, Oregon, via Fort Wallah-Wallah, to...

1 map ; 54 x 90 cm. Relief shown by form lines. Shows approximate location of military road constructed 1859 to 1862. Also shows farms, camps, trails, bridges, vegetation types, rapids, rock outcrops, landings, and locations of battles. "Senate...

2024-11-24

Map of the Strait of Juan de Fuca showing location of wrecks (1895)

1 map : col. ; 24 x 55 cm. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings and isolines. Includes inset of Clallam Bay. "H. Ex. 226 53 3." Color map with symbols and numbers indicating the location of shipwrecks. Numbers refer...

1895-11-24

Map of military road from Fort Walla Walla on the Columbia to Fort Benton on the...

1 map ; 44 x 85 cm. At head of title: War Department. Prepared from field notes from 1858-1863. Shows topography in the vicinity of the route from the Missouri River to the west boundary of Idaho Territory. Includes hydrography, prairies,...

1863-11-24

Map of a part of Washington Territory : to accompany the report of the Surveyor General...

1 map ; 56 x 71 cm. Relief shown by hachures. "Sen.Ex.Doc. No.1. 37th Cong. 2nd Sess." Shows progress of the township surveys in western Washington Territory. Indicates surveys executed, under contract, and proposed. Includes Indian reservations,...

1861-11-24

Map of Oregon and Washington, (1873)

1 map: col., 35 x 42 cm. This map shows the borders of the Territory of Washington (1853-1889) and Oregon State (territory from 1848 to 1859). F.A. Gray, the author of this map, is the son of Ormando Willis Gray, a mapmaker in Philadelphia. Very...

1873-11-24

Map of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, (1860)

1 map: col., 38 x 30 cm. This map dates from between March 4th, 1864 (when the Idaho Territory was formed) and May 26th, 1864 (when the Montana Territory was formed out of eastern Idaho). Though dated 1860 at the bottom, that was the...

1860-11-24

Map of Oregon and Upper California, (1847)

1 map: hand col., 42 x 35 cm. The Oregon Treaty of 1846 between Great Britain and the United States settled the northern border dispute of the Pacific Northwest. Under this agreement, the land--occupied jointly between the two countries since...

2024-11-24

Map of California, Oregon, Washington, Utah and New Mexico, (1853).

1 map: col., 34 x 43 cm. Granted permission to publish S. Augustus Mitchell's maps in 1850, the publishing house of Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. published (as one of its first printings) a map of the newly formed State of California and the Oregon...

2024-11-24

Map of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, (1877)

1 map: hand col., 38 x 30 cm. A map delineating the territories of Washington, Idaho and part of Montana and the state of Oregon. Oregon was the first to form an organized government, and was admitted into the union as the 33rd state under a law...

1877-11-24

Map of Washington, (1881)

1 map: col., 28 x 34 cm. One of the first successful American publishing companies to venture beyond the east coast, Rand McNally and Co. began in Chicago, 1856, under William H. Rand. Rand soon after employed printer Andrew McNally, and by 1868...

1881-11-24

Map of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, (1874)

1 map: col., 38 x 30 cm. This map, used at least as early as 1866 by Mitchell, shows the territorial borders of Washington (1853), Idaho (1863) and Montana (1864). It also shows the boundaries of Oregon (granted Statehood in 1859). Of note are the...

1874-11-24

Land claims near Steilaguamish River : Washington Territory, (1887)

1 map; 31 x 24 cm. The 1887 date on this map has been added in green ink- the date depicted in this map is certainly several years earlier. In 1873 the settlers there employed a civil engineer to map the area and its claims. Though approximately...

Map of Washington, (1882)

1 map: col., 37 x 28 cm. One of the leading map publishing companies of the 20th century, Rand McNally and Co. began in Chicago, 1865. Under the partnership of William H. Rand and Andrew McNally (started in 1868), the company quickly grew from...

1882-11-24

Map of Washington and Oregon, (1886)

1 map: col., 36 x 28. From "The People's Atlas." This map shows the defined borders of Oregon state and the Territory of Washington. Note the large county lines in the eastern half of both states. Note also that the boundary of the Washington...

1886-11-24

Map of Oregon and Washington, (1865)

1 map: col., 34 x 45 cm. This map, published by A.J. Johnson and his partner, Ward, shows the State of Oregon (entered into the Union in 1859), and Washington Territory. By 1865 the eastern border of Washington Territory had been defined, with...

1865-11-24

Oregon, (1884)

1 map: col., 34 x 29 cm. "Population 174,768". "Area, square Miles 94,560". George 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...

1884-11-24

Map of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, (1866)

1 map: col., 28 x 22 cm. When S. Augustus Mitchell retired around 1860, he left the business in charge of his competent son, S. Augustus Jr. His son continued with his father's high standards, and while most American publishers were switching to...

1866-11-24

Map of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, (1860).

1 map: col., 37 x 30 cm. This map dates between March 2nd, 1861 (when the Dakota Territory was formed) and March 4th, 1863 (when the Idaho Territory was formed from eastern Washington and western Dakota). Nearing retirement from a thirty year...

1860-11-24

Map Showing Indian Tribes Near Ft. Colville, (ca. 1871).

1 ms. map: hand col., 21 x 27 cm. William Parkhurst Winans worked from 1870 to 1872 as Indian Sub-Agent for the tribes surrounding Fort Colville in Stevens County, Washington Territory. This hand drawn map delineates the area and number of the...