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Omak [recto], Jan. 1 1907

Washington State University Libraries

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Title Omak [recto], Jan. 1 1907
Identifier http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu154 WSU 154 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,317
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 verso: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu153 In 1901, Mr Ben F. Ross, an employee of the Great Northern Railroad, settled with his family in the area that became the town of Omak, Washington. By 1906, Ross had helped to organize the first accredited school district east of the Cascade Mountains and named it the Omak School District. Taking...
Subject Omak (Wash.)--Maps, Manuscript; Okanogan County--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

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