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Plat map of Steptoe, (1910). Plat book of Whitman County, Washington compiled and published from actual surveys and the County records by Anderson Map Company
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Plat map of Steptoe, (1910). Plat book of Whitman County, Washington compiled and published from actual surveys and the County records by Anderson Map Company |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu105 WSU 105 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,274 |
| Creator | Anderson Map Company. |
| Date | 1910 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Seattle, Wash. : Anderson Map Company |
| Description | 1 map: col., 42 x 34 cm. Plat map from the Whitman County city of Steptoe. Scale 400'=1". The area now known as the town of Steptoe was called Steptoe Station at first. This is because the town began as a siding, or flag stop, for the railroad. Records show that as early as 1875 the area had a post office. By 1890 it had a school district known by the area's main benchland--Tennessee Flat. However, with the arrival of the track running from Spokane to Colfax, the name was changed and in 1907... |
| Subject | Washington--State; Steptoe, Lt. Col. Edward J.; Railroad Land and Improvement Co.; Tennessee Flat |
| Type | Maps; Plats |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Whitman County--Steptoe |
| 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 |
| Relation | Is part of Plat Book of Whitman County Washington Compiled and Published from actual Surveys and the County Records by Anderson Map Company Seattle, Wash 1910 |
