Record Details
Colfax Wash. 1889
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Colfax Wash. 1889 |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu352 WSU 352; F852 .H67 1889 v. 2 c.2 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,565 |
| Date | 1889 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Portland, Or. : North Pacific History Company |
| Description | 1 view : col ; 30 x 42 cm. Insets: Delta Sid. Benton, District no. 1 School House, and Engine House. Scanned from: History of the Pacific Northwest : Oregon and Washington. Portland, Or. : North Pacific History Co., 1889. v. 2, p. 586. Colfax was originally settled in the 1860s, due to its location at the confluence of two rivers. It was originally named Belleville, but the name was changed in 1872/73 in honor of Schuyler Colfax, at that time vice-president under Ulysses S. Grant. |
| Subject | Colfax (Wash.) -- Maps; Colfax (Wash.) -- Pictorial works |
| Type | Maps; Bird's-eye views |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Colfax |
| Rights | Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691 |
| Format | Original maps were scanned in color at 400 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 History of the Pacific Northwest : Oregon and Washington : embracing an account of the original discoveries on the Pacific coast of North America, and a description of the conquest, settlement and subjugation of the vast country included in the original territory of Oregon : also interesting biographies of the earliest settlers and more prominent men and women of the Pacific Northwest, including a statistical and graphic description of the climate, soil, productions, industries, improvements and occupations, as well as the natural advantages and resources and artificial acquirements of the great states of Oregon and Washington. |
