Colfax, Washington Territory. (1888)
Rating
Title
Colfax , Washington Territory . (1888)
Creator
Northern Pacific Railroad Company .
Date.Original
1888
Publisher
Buffalo , N.Y . : Matthews , Northrup & Co .
Description
1 map : 6 x 19 cm. On recto : http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/maps/id/610 Colfax was originally settled in the 1860s , due to its location at the confluence of two rivers. It was originally named Belleville , but the name was changed in 1872/73 in honor of Schuyler Colfax , at that time vice-president under Ulysses S. Grant.
Subject
Railroad land grants--Washington (State)--Maps
Type
Image
Genre
Maps ; Bird's-eye views
Location Depicted
United States--Washington (Terr.)--Whitman county--Colfax
Rights Notes
No known copyright. Item is in public domain as it was published prior to 1923.
Identifier
wsu355 ; G4281.P3 1888.N37x
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 verso of Map showing land grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. in eastern Washington and northern Idaho. Corrected up to August 15 , 1888 , 1888. G4281.P3 1888.N37x at Washington State University Libraries ' Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
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