Record Details
Map showing location and extent of the forest reserves and national parks in western United States, (1899)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Map showing location and extent of the forest reserves and national parks in western United States, (1899) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu283 WSU 283; G4051.K2 1899 .G46x http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,512 |
| Creator | Geological Survey (U.S.) Dept. |
| Date | 1899 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | [New York] : Julius Bien & Co |
| Description | 1 map : col. ; 43 x 35 cm. Relief shown by contours. "Twentieth Annual Report, part V, pl. I." "Corrected to date of June 30, 1899." Originally folded to 26 x 18 cm. In 1891, the Forest Reserve Act was passed in Congress. It read, in part, "The President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in... |
| Subject | National parks and reserves -- West (U.S.) -- Maps.; Forest reserves -- West (U.S.) -- Maps.; Forests and forestry -- Washington (State) -- Maps |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State); United States--Oregon; United States--California; United States--Idaho; United States--Montana; United States--Wyoming; United States--Colorado; United States--New Mexico; United States--Arizona |
| Rights | Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691 |
| Format | Original maps were photographed using a Mamiya R267 camera on 120 film and scanned at 4,000 dpi as TIFF files on a Nikon Super Cool Scan 8000. 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 Annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior ; 20, pt. 5. |
