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Washington Territory compiled from the official records of the General Land Office and other sources, G.P. Strum, Principal Draughtsman, General Land Office. (1883)
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Washington Territory compiled from the official records of the General Land Office and other sources, G.P. Strum, Principal Draughtsman, General Land Office. (1883) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu300 WSU 300; G4280 1883 .U5 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,550 |
| Creator | United States. General Land Office. |
| Date | 1883 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | [Washington] : The Office, 1883 (New York : Julius Bien, Photo lith & print.) |
| Description | 1 map : col. ; 55 x 72 cm. "Longitude west from Greenwich and Washington." Scale 1:950,400. 15 mi. to 1 in. The pairs of parallel lines that arc across these maps are land grants- as certain railroads were constructed, the railroad companies were granted half the land (in alternating blocs) that was located within a certain distance of their railroad. In certain cases this land was traded for other lands, and the quantity of land also depended on several things, including the exact... |
| Subject | Washington (State) -- Maps; Washington Territory; Surveys -- Washington Territory |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State) |
| 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 |
