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Plat map of Pataha City, (1913). Standard atlas of Garfield County, Washington

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Title Plat map of Pataha City, (1913). Standard atlas of Garfield County, Washington
Identifier http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu149 WSU 149; G1488.G3 G46 1913 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,332
Creator Geo. A. Ogle & Company.
Date 1913 2000 - 2002
Publisher Chicago : George A. Ogle & Co., 1913.
Description 1 map: col., 17 x 24 cm. Plat map from the Garfield County city of Pataha. Scale: 300'=1". In 1881, the newly formed Garfield County held its county seat at Pataha City for one year. It transferred the next year three miles away to Pomeroy, Washington, but the fact that Pataha City held the honor even temporarily shows that the town was strong and growing at that point in time. The name Pataha is a Nez Perce word that means "bushy creek". The town incorporated in 1875, as more and more...
Subject ; Pataha Wash.--Maps; Garfield County--Washington (State); Pomeroy, Washington (State); Oregon Railway and Navigation Co.; Pataha-Alpowa Stage Coach; Houser Mill; Pataha Flour Mill
Type Maps; Plats
Coverage United States--Washington (State)--Whitman County--Pataha City; Pataha Creek
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 Standard atlas of Garfield County, Washington : including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county : map of the state, United States and world : patrons directory, reference business directory and departments devoted to general information : analysis of the system of U.S land surveys, digest of the system of civil government, etc.,

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