Record Details
Map of Garfield County, 1932 : rev. to June 9, 1937.
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Map of Garfield County, 1932 : rev. to June 9, 1937. |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu361 WSU 361; G4283.G3 1937 .W37 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,570 |
| Creator | Washington (State). Dept. of Highways. |
| Date | 1937 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Olympia, Wash. : [s. n.] |
| Description | 1 map ; 51 x 76 cm. Inset: Pomeroy. Blue line print. Legend indicates various types of roads. The land in Garfield County was initially considered grazing land, and the area was thus sparsely settled until the 1870s. When its favorable agricultural conditions became known, a population boom occurred, with several new towns popping up between 1875 and 1880. In 1881, Garfield County was created out of Columbia County, and named after former President James Garfield, who had been... |
| Subject | Garfield County (Wash.) -- Maps.; Road Maps -- Washington (State). |
| Type | Maps |
| Coverage | United States-- Washington (State) -- Garfield County |
| 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 |
