A Report On Washington Territory Classic Reprint

Author : Washington Washington
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ISBN 13 : 9781330800232
Total Pages : 378 pages
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Download or read book Of Washington Territory written by Washington Washington and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Of Washington Territory: Enacted by the Legislative Assembly, at Its Eleventh Biennial Session, 1887-8 Sec. 1898. All that portion of Oregon, while that state was a territory, lying and being south of the forty-ninth degree of north latitude and north of the middle of the main channel of the Columbia river from its mouth to where the forty-sixth degree of north latitude crosses that river, near Fort Walla Walla; thence with the forty-sixth degree of latitude to the summit of the Rocky mountains, is organized into a temporary government by the name of the territory of Washington. Sec. 1902. All that part of the territory of the United States included within the following limits, to-wit: Beginning at a point in the middle channel of the Snake river, where the northern boundary of Oregon intersects the same; then follow down the channel of Snake river to a point opposite the mouth of Kooskooskia or Clear Water river; thence due north to the forty-ninth parallel of latitude; thence east along that parallel to the thirty-ninth degree of longitude west of Washington; thence south along that degree of longitude to the crest of the Bitter Root mountains till its intersection with the Rocky mountains; thence southward along the crest of the Rocky mountains to the thirty-fourth degree of longitude west of Washington; thence south along that degree of longitude to the forty-second degree of north latitude; thence west along that parallel to the eastern boundary of the state of Oregon; thence north along that boundary to the place of beginning, is created into a temporary temporary government by the name of the territory of Idaho. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.