Record Details
Omak [verso], Jan 1 1907
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Omak [verso], Jan 1 1907 |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu153 WSU 153 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,316 |
| Date | 1907 2000 - 2002 |
| Description | 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 Railroad, settled with his family in the area that soon became Omak, Washington. By 1906, Ross had helped organize the Omak School District--the first district in the area east of the Cascade Mountains. Taking twenty acres of his own farm, Ross... |
| Subject | Omak (Wash.)--Maps; Okanogan County--Maps; Okanogan River--Maps, Manuscript; Ross, Ben F. |
| Type | Maps; Town plats |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Okanogan County--Omak |
| 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 |
