Record Details
Military Post & City of Walla-Walla, W.T. in 1862. (1863)
Washington State University Libraries
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Military Post & City of Walla-Walla, W.T. in 1862. (1863) |
| Identifier | http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu518 wsu 518; UA963 .A5 1863 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,658 |
| Creator | Sohon, Gustave |
| Date | 1863 2000 - 2002 |
| Publisher | Washington, Govt. print. off. |
| Description | 1 bird's-eye sketch : col., 12 x 21 cm. Fort Walla Walla was built in 1856 for protection from Indian attacks, and a small city quickly grew up around it. The name of the city comes from an Indian phrase meaning "place of many waters." |
| Subject | Walla Walla (Wash.) -- Pictorial works. |
| Type | Maps; Bird's-eye views; Sketches |
| Coverage | United States--Washington (State) -- Walla Walla |
| 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 1.5 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 part of Report on the construction of a military road from Fort Walla-Walla to Fort Benton. |
