Vicinity Map Duwamish River and its tributaries, drawn by A. Downing, (1898)

1 map; 40 x 45 cm. Scale 1/4 inch = 1 mile. "Indicating sheets 1 to 6 embraced by survey". Map shows rail road lines. This map comes from a governmental survey of the Duwamish River, intended to determine what uses the River could be put to,...

1898-11-24

Map of Lincoln County, Washington, issued by the Land Department of the Northern...

1 map; 50 x 50 cm. Map shows Northern Pacific Railroad lands for sale and U.S. Government lands open for settlement. The Columbia and Spokane Rivers form the northern boundary of the map. As a major part of the financing of its transcontinental...

1897-11-24

Grays Harbor and the Olympic peninsula, (1924)

1 map: 22 x 20 cm. This is the back cover of a Grays Harbor promotional brochure. Grays Harbor was named for Captain Robert Gray, who discovered it in 1792. It was a perhaps at its heyday when this was published- a booming lumber town, having...

2024-11-24

Map of the Great Northern Railway system showing through See America First Route from...

1 map; 10 x 23 cm. Map shows double track and proposed lines. The Great Northern finished its transcontinental route in 1893, crossing the cascades at Stevens' Pass. This map comes from a tourism brochure, promoting cross-country railroad...

2024-11-24

Tshimakain Mission, (ca. 1843)

1 bird's-eye view ms.; 31 x 51 cm. A drawing of the mission at Tshimakain by Charles Andrew Geyer. Elkanah (1805-1877) and Mary Richardson Walker (1811- 1897) were one of six missionary couples (plus one single man) sent by the American Board of...

Columbia Basin Irrigation Project, (ca. 1928)

23 x 47 cm. View Bird's-eye map on verso: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu206 This is part of a promotional pamphlet intending to lobby for passage of funding from the 70th Congress (1928). None of the various projects...

Average mean annual rain fall U.S. Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau summary of...

1 map; 13 x 17 cm. Legend shows average annual rain fall by county. This map is drawn from a 46 page promotional brochure issued by the Spokane Chamber of Commerce. On facing page: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu229. Also in...

2024-11-24

The inland empire principal State highways shown by red lines, (1924)

1 map: col., 26 x 37 cm. Scale 25 miles to 1 inch. This forms the center pages from a 46 page promotional brochure issued by the Spokane Chamber of Commerce. Also in brochure: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu188 Also...

2024-11-24

Map of the Northern Pacific Railroad, its branches and allied lines, (1883)

1 map: col., 34 x 73 cm. Scale 1"=80 miles. Map shows Northern Pacific Main Line, Northern Pacific Branches, Oregon and Transcontinental Lines, Oregon Railway and Navigation Company Lines, and uncompleted roads. After the initial burst of...

1883-11-24

Cross Section on the parallel of 49, (1872)

1 map: 37 x 46 cm. Map shows a cross section of the 49th and 48th parallels with fathoms indicated. When the 1846 Treaty of Washington resolved the British-American boundary dispute as the 49th parallel, with Vancouver Island...

1872-11-24

Map of the inland empire average mean annual temperature summary of the climatological...

1 map; 13 x 17 cm. Legend shows average annual temperature by county for the Inland Empire. This map is drawn from a 46 page promotional brochure issued by the Spokane Chamber of Commerce. On facing...

2024-11-24

[Gulf of Georgia to Puget Sound], (1872)

1 map : 20 x 35 cm. Scale: 12 miles = 1 inch. <br>When the 1846 Treaty of Washington resolved the British-American boundary dispute as the 49th parallel, with Vancouver Island remaining British, the San Juan Islands were...

1872-11-24

The Olympian en route Chicago to Seattle and Tacoma, (1911)

1 map; 20 x 55 cm. Map shows route of the Olympian railroad with no topographic detail. Panorama photograph of the Olympian's cars above. The Olympian was the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company's attempt at transcontinental...

2024-11-24

Modern map of the Northwest Great Northern Railway, (1920). Historic Map of the Northwest

1 map; 23 x 40 cm. Modern map of the Northwest shows the Great Northern Railway's route including the California Extension. The Historic Map includes Lewis and Clark's trail, old fur trading Posts & forts, Isaac Stevens route, etc.

2024-11-24

The tertiary formations of western Washington. Plate IV (1916)

4 maps on 1 sheet : col. ; 104 x 104 cm. or smaller, sheet 111 x 87 cm. Series : Bulletin (Washington Geological Survey) ; no. 13. Title from text. Includes profiles of bedrock. Vertical scale 1:48,000. "Washington Geological Survey" and "Bulletin...

2024-11-24

Pacific northwest waters between Fort Nesqually and Ft. Langley (1841)

1 map ; 23 x 12 cm. Base map identifying islands, bays, inlets and canals in the Pacific Northwest. Includes Rosario Strait and Canal de Haro involved in the boundary dispute between Great Britain and the United States. Also shows towns, including...

1873-11-24

Map of Eliza : 1791 (1791). Map of de Fuca Strait (1791)

1 map ; 18 x 21 cm. Bathymetry shown by soundings. Shows the Pacific Northwest and identifies coastal features and water bodies named by Don Francisco Eliza during his exploration. Shows areas involved in the disputed boundary between Great...

1873-11-24

The Northern Pacific Railroad : its route, resources, progress and business : the new...

1 map verso: 23 x 15 cm. View map: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu199 The publishers of this booklet, Jay Cooke and Company, were the financial managers and marketers of the Northern Pacific Railroad. They printed many...

1871-11-24

Proposed Rail-Line Lewiston-Clarkston to Homestead, (1928)

1 map: blueprint, hand col., 21 x 14 cm. This map shows a proposed railroad connecting Lewiston, Idaho, and Homestead, Oregon, up the Hells River Canyon along the Snake River. As Homestead was connected to Ontario, Oregon via a Union Pacific...

2024-11-24

Yakima - Walla Walla transmission lines as existing in 1910, (1928)

1 map; 26 x 36 cm.
View transmission lines as existing in 1923-1924: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu196
View transmission lines as existing in 1925-1928: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu197
These...

2024-11-24

Yakima - Walla Walla transmission lines as existing in 1925-1928, (1928)

1 map; 26 x 36 cm.
View transmission lines as existing in 1923-1924: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu196
View transmission lines as existing in 1910: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu195
These three...

2024-11-24

Yakima - Walla Walla transmission lines as existing in 1923-1924, (1928)

1 map; 26 x 36 cm.
View transmission lines as existing in 1910: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu195
View transmission lines as existing in 1925-1928: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu197
These three...

2024-11-24

Northern Pacific Railroad Co. Map, 1870. New 7-30 gold loan of the Northern Pacific...

1 broadside : map (on verso) ; 26 x 44 cm. View broadside text: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu204 This map is drawn from an advertisement by the Northern Pacific for the sale of bonds to finance the construction of its...

1870-11-24

New 7-30 gold loan of the Northern Pacific Railroad Co : secured by first mortgage on...

1 broadside : map (on verso) ; 44 x 26 cm. View map: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu203 This page is drawn from an advertisement by the Northern Pacific for the sale of bonds to finance the construction of its transcontinental...

1870-11-24

Map showing railway line of the Spokane-Pend d'Oreille Rapid Transit Co., L'T'D, (1906)

1 map; 45 x 55 cm. Scale 1 inch = 2 miles. Squares represent Townships. This map comes from a prospectus intending the construction of the mapped railway route from Spokane, Wa to Bayview, ID, for the transportation of goods and...

2024-11-24