Tshimakain Mission, (ca. 1843)
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Title
Tshimakain Mission , (ca . 1843)
Creator
Geyer , Charles A.
Date.Original
1843~
Description
1 bird's-eye view ms. ; 31 x 51 cm . A drawing of the mission at Tshimakain by Charles Andrew Geyer . Elkanah (1805-1877) and Mary Richardson Walker (1811- 1897) were one of six missionary couples (plus one single man) sent by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to the Oregon Mission . The Walkers and one other couple , Cushing and Myra Eells , established the mission at Tshimakain , near the present day town of Ford , Washington , to work with the Spokane Indians . The house in the central foreground was the Eells ' home while the Walkers lived in the home at the extreme left .
Subject
Indians of North America--Northwest , Pacific--Missions ; Missions--Washington (State)--Maps , Manuscript
Type
Image
Genre
Maps ; Bird's-eye views
Location Depicted
United States--Washington (State)
Rights Notes
No known copyright. Item went into public domain 70 years after the death of the creator.
Identifier
wsu186 ; cg57b8
Holding Institution
Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections , Washington State University Libraries
Digitization
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.
Format
image/jpg2000
Contributors
Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections
Language
English
Source
Is found in Cage 57 , Elkanah and Mary Richardson Walker Papers https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/cg57.htm at Washington State University Libraries ' Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
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