Sectional Land Map / Of / Eastern Washington / And Northern Idaho / Traversed By The / Northern Pacific / Railroad / This Is One Of The Most Attractive Regions Now Open For Settlement._____/ Its Resources Consist Mainly Of / Large Agricultural Areas, Renowned Wheat And Fruit / Sections, Extensive Grazing Ranges, Forests Of / Fine Timber, Numerous Grand Water Powers, /._____Navigable Rivers And Lakes, Rich Mineral Districts / Including The Celebrated / Coeur D'Alene / Okanogan And Monte Cristo Mines / .

Published by Rand McNally & Co; Chicago; pp.; Wraps; Good; nc/nd (1893), 1893

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_____ Single sheet, 35 x 38.75", folded to 36 panels. _____ The exterior are is text in dense columns and most comprises a narrative extolling region._____ Includes a brief gazetteer of various towns in Washington and Idaho. _____ The remaining panes give a detailed explanation of how one manages to buy railroad and claim free government lands, as well as the privileges offered by the Northern Pacific to settlers._____ This section ends with the exhortation to contact Mssrs Groat & Lamborn of the NPRR for further information, hence our assignment of the authorship to them. _____ ._____This side is illustrated with 16 engravings of agricultural scenes._____ There is also a 12 x 9" sectional "Map of Washington, Oregon and Part of Idaho", with the NPRR lines in bold._____ . _____ The entire interior (less one panel) is a black and white sectional "Map Showing Land Grant / of the / Northern Pacific Railroad Co._____/ in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho / Corrected up to Sept. 1, 1892." The sections are shaded to indicate: NPRR lands available, sold, US Government lands, US govt. lands entered, and sections reserved for schools._____ . _____ The remaining interior panel is a route map of the Northern Pacific route from the Great Lakes to the Pacific, with all the intermediary stops captioned. _____ ._____Though the map is corrected to 1892, statistics for that entire year are cited, so we date the issue to 1893. _____ Several internal folds have 2 to 4" splits, with flaking loss to their edges. _____ WorldCat (03/17) shows two holdings for this year (Yale, UC-Berkeley), both citing the map date. _____. …

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Title
Sectional Land Map / Of / Eastern Washington / And Northern Idaho / Traversed By The / Northern Pacific / Railroad / This Is One Of The Most Attractive Regions Now Open For Settlement._____/ Its Resources Consist Mainly Of / Large Agricultural Areas, Renowned Wheat And Fruit / Sections, Extensive Grazing Ranges, Forests Of / Fine Timber, Numerous Grand Water Powers, /._____Navigable Rivers And Lakes, Rich Mineral Districts / Including The Celebrated / Coeur D'Alene / Okanogan And Monte Cristo Mines / .
Author
Groat, P.B. & Chas. B. Lamborn
Publisher
Rand McNally & Co; Chicago; pp.; Wraps; Good; nc/nd (1893)
Publication year
1893
Condition
Good
Binding
Soft cover
Edition
1st Edition
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