A REPORT ON WASHINGTON TERRITORY, by W. H. Ruffner, LL.D
by William Henry Ruffner
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About this eBook
- Author
- Ruffner, William Henry, 1824-1908
- Title
- A Report on Washington Territory
- Credits
- Produced by Pat McCoy, David E. Brown, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F850.5: United States local history: Pacific States
- Subject
- Washington (State)
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 40132
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40132
- Release Date
- July 3, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.A REPORT ON WASHINGTON TERRITORY — BY W. H. RUFFNER, LL.D.
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.INDEX.
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 5.LIST OF MAPS.
- 6.ITINERARY.
- 7.A GENERAL ACCOUNT OF WASHINGTON TERRITORY. — HISTORICAL. — LOCATION AND MARKET. — ROUGH ESTIMATES OF DISTANCES.
- 8.APPENDIX. — LIST OF EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE, YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1885. EXPORTED FROM THE SEVEN CUSTOMS DISTRICTS OF THE PACIFIC. — LIST OF IMPORTS OF MERCHANDISE, YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1885. IMPORTED INTO THE SEVEN CUSTOMS DISTRICTS OF THE PACIFIC. — APPROXIMATE POPULATION IN THE YEAR 1887 OF — TOPOGRAPHY OF WASHINGTON TERRITORY. — ALTITUDES IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY. — CLIMATE. — SOILS. — TABLE SHOWING THE MEANS OF THE DAILY MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. — TABLE SHOWING THE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION AT STATIONS OF THE SIGNAL SERVICE, — NATURAL VEGETATION. — LUMBERING. — AGRICULTURE. — WHEAT GROWING AND DELIVERING. — LABOR.
- 9.THE GEOLOGY OF WASHINGTON TERRITORY. — HISTORICAL AND STRUCTURAL. — ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. — THE COLLIERIES. — ANALYSES OF REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES OF WASHINGTON TERRITORY COALS AND LIGNITES. — ANALYSES OF SNOQUALMIE IRON ORES. — COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF STEEL ORES.
- 10.SPECIAL REMARKS on the Country and its Resources along the Line of the Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway. — SEATTLE. — THE TERMINAL PROPERTY OF THE SEATTLE, LAKE SHORE AND EASTERN RAILROAD. — SUBURBAN INTERESTS. — TIMBER. — AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. — MR. WILSON'S LETTER. — COAL. — IRON ORE. — THE OTHER MINERALS.
- 11.CITIES AND TOWNS. — BRANCHES AND ROUTES FOR THE SEATTLE, LAKE SHORE AND EASTERN RAILWAY.
- 12.SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER, GIVING LATEST INFORMATION. — REPORT FROM F. H. WHITWORTH, ESQ., CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER ON SEATTLE, ETC. — REPORT FROM E. A. ROUTHE, ESQ., CONCERNING SPOKANE FALLS, ETC. — REPORT FROM PAUL F. MOHR, ESQ., CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE SEATTLE, LAKE SHORE & EASTERN RAILWAY, CONCERNING THE CADY'S PASS AND WENATCHIE ROUTE. — I. ENGINEERING FEATURES. — II. RESOURCES. — III. SCENERY.
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