Record Details
Map of Oregon and Washington Territory, (1883). The Pacific Northwest; information for settlers and others. Oregon and Washington territory with map.
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Map of Oregon and Washington Territory, (1883). The Pacific Northwest; information for settlers and others. Oregon and Washington territory with map. |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu331 WSU 331; F851 .P14 c.2 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,547 |
| Creator | Northern Pacific Railroad Company |
| Date | 1883 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | New York, Published at the Office of The Northwest , 1883 |
| Description | 1 map : 30 x 23 cm. In September, 1883, the Northern Pacific completed its transcontinental railroad route, opening the northwest to easy emigration and settlement from the east. This map comes from a brochure published by the Northern Pacific and advertising the Pacific Northwest. In order to get the Northern Pacific's transcontinental route completed, the United States government awarded the railroad large grants of land located close to its route. Alternating plots of land within 50... |
| Subject | Northwest, Pacific -- Description and travel -- Maps; Northern Pacific Railroad Company -- Maps; Railroads -- Maps |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State); United States--Oregon |
| 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 The Pacific Northwest; information for settlers and others. Oregon and Washington territory with map. |
