Record Details
City of Seattle Washington Territory, (1874)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | City of Seattle Washington Territory, (1874) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu177 WSU 177; HE2791 .S42 1874 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,345 |
| Date | 1874 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Seattle, W.T : Mackintosh Searcher of Records & Dealer in Real Estate. Seattle, W.T. : Intelligencer Book and Job Printing Office, 1874 |
| Description | 1 map; 29 x 24 cm. Then possessing less than 300 people, Seattle was about to boom to a population of more than 230,000 in the next 40 years. This was due to a variety of factors, including but not limited to the completion of the transcontinental railroad, Seattle's excellent position as an access point for shipping, and the Alaskan gold rush. Many of Seattle's "founding fathers" can be found holding property on this map, Henry Yesler, Thomas Mercer, and Arthur Denny being some of the... |
| Subject | Seattle Wash.--Maps; Washington Territory--Maps |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| 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 Report of the chief engineer of the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad and Transportation Company : to the trustees and stockholders, November, 1874. |
