Map of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, (1877)

• Main Author: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868.
• Other Authors: Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
• Format: Map
• Language: English
• Published: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868. 1877
• Subjects: Oregon > Maps; Washington (State) > Maps; Washington Territory; Idaho > Maps; Montana > Maps; Northwest Territories; San Juan
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/239

1 map: hand col., 38 x 30 cm. A map delineating the territories of Washington, Idaho and part of Montana and the state of Oregon. Oregon was the first to form an organized government, and was admitted into the union as the 33rd state under a law signed by President Buchanan, February 14, 1859. Montana, its population swelling with the gold rush fever, became the 41st state on November 8, 1889. Washington followed soon after, becoming the 42nd state just three days later. Idaho joined the union the following year, July 3 1890, as the 43rd state. S. Augustus Mitchell Jr.'s map does contain the California Emigrant Road, however the focus of this map is clearly the colored demarcations of the northwest territories. While the Mitchell company had been mechanically chromolithographing the decorative borders since the 1860s, this map's border is black and white. All of the color on the map itself was produced by hand. The borders of the states/territories that are the focus of this map are finalized here. The San Juan Islands are in Washington, and the Wyoming/Idaho border is correctly portrayed. Although Nevada and Wyoming are apparently shown to be part of Utah, both were in fact in existence, Nevada as a state, and Wyoming as a Territory.