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Map of Washington and Oregon, (1886)

Washington State University Libraries

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Title Map of Washington and Oregon, (1886)
Identifier http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu95 WSU 95 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,247
Date 1886 2000 - 2002
Description 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 Territory now resembles what will become the state's boundaries in 1889. This is due to the formation of a separate Idaho Territory in 1863. The People's Atlas might be connected somehow to Rand McNally and Co., which published the "New Family Atlas...
Subject Washington (State)--Maps; Washington Territory; Oregon--Maps
Type Maps
Coverage Washington (State); Oregon
Rights Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691
Format Original maps were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into the MrSID format at a compression ratio of 12 to 1 using LizardTech's Geospatial Encoder 1.4 software. These MrSid files were then uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries. image/jpeg
Contributor Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Language English

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