Record Details
Oakesdale, Washington Territory., (1888)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Oakesdale, Washington Territory., (1888) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu359 wsu359; G4281.P3 1888 .N37x http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,613 |
| Creator | Northern Pacific Railroad Company |
| Date | 1888 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Buffalo, N.Y. : Matthews, Northrup & Co. |
| Description | 1 map : 7 x 15 cm. On recto: http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu292 Oakesdale was originally know as McCoy, after a local settler, but Northern Pacific Railway Company officials renamed the town Oakesdale in 1886, after Thomas Oakes, who was then vice president of the railroad. |
| Subject | Railroad land grants -- Washington (State) -- Maps. |
| Type | Maps; Bird's-eye views |
| Coverage | Washington (State) -- Oakesdale |
| 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 verso of Map showing land grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. in eastern Washington and northern Idaho. Corrected up to August 15, 1888. |
