Record Details
Great Falls of the Spokane River W. T. (1858)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Great Falls of the Spokane River W. T. (1858) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu514 wsu 514; Gustave Sohon Drawings; Cage 556 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,657 |
| Creator | Sohon, Gustave |
| Date | 1858 2000 - 2002 |
| Description | 1 ms. sketch ; 20 x 18 cm."30 miles below the Coeur d'alene Lake". Gustavus Sohon was born in Tilsit, Germany on December 10, 1825. After emigrating to America, he enlisted as a private in the United States Army at the age of 26. He was ordered West for service on the Pacific Coast. A gifted linguist (he spoke English, French, and German), Sohon quickly learned the Salishan languages of the Flathead and Pend d'Oreille Indians. He also made drawings of the country and important... |
| Subject | Spokane River (Wash.) -- Pictorial works.; Spokane River (Wash.) -- Maps, Manuscript |
| Type | Maps; Sketches |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State) -- Spokane River |
| Rights | Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691 |
| Format | Original sketches 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 1.5 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 found in Gustave Sohon Drawings; Cage 556. http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/finders/cg556.htm |
