{"product_id":"old-county-railroad-map-of-washington-state-1909-seattle-spokane-puget-sound-columbia-river-mt-rainier-np","title":"Old County \u0026 Railroad Map of Washington State, 1909: Seattle, Spokane, Puget Sound, Columbia River, Mt Rainier NP","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith the original title “Anderson Map Co.'s: Map of Washington 1909,” this Seattle-made chart distills a dynamic state at the zenith of the Progressive Era. Produced by the Anderson Map Company, a homegrown firm attuned to Puget Sound’s commercial pulse, it balances clarity with verve: county lines blaze in red, forest reserves glow in green, and a tactile weave of hachures animates the Cascades and Olympic ranges. A candid advertising inset for Anderson itself anchors the map in its own origin story, a nod to the entrepreneurial energy that helped propel Seattle after the Alaska‑Yukon‑Pacific Exposition of 1909. Beyond its polish, the sheet functions as a working intelligence brief for travelers, settlers, and speculators, fixing towns, rivers, and roads within a legible, modern framework.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnderpinning the design is the Public Land Survey System, its rectilinear lattice of townships and ranges marching decisively across the Columbia Plateau and easing where mountains or water deflect the surveyor’s line. That grid does more than decorate; it codifies property, homesteads, and resource claims, the legal skeleton behind frontier growth. Hachures—finely graded strokes—render relief with painterly sensitivity, steepening around Rainier, Baker, and Adams to suggest altitude and approach. Labels differentiate county seats from lesser towns, while river names unwind along their courses so the hydrology can be read at a glance. The palette remains restrained yet purposeful: administrative reds clarify jurisdiction, greens announce federally reserved timberlands, and neutral tones let the rail corridors and wagon roads stand out as the state’s connective tissue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTransportation networks web the face of the map and crystallize Washington’s role as a hinge between inland empires and Pacific harbors. The Great Northern strains over Stevens Pass, the Northern Pacific dives through Stampede Pass to Tacoma, and by 1909 the Chicago, Milwaukee \u0026amp; Puget Sound reaches the salt water, punctuating Seattle’s ascent. Wagon roads braid through Snoqualmie and Naches corridors, the older arteries that still feed ranching and mining districts. Along Puget Sound, port cities align like beads—Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Bellingham—while wagon roads and shoreline connections tie in the peninsulas. East of the mountains, Spokane radiates track toward the Coeur d’Alenes and the wheatlands, and the Columbia and Snake Rivers read as grand, navigable spines. The map catches infrastructure at a thrilling equilibrium: mature enough to be reliable, new enough to promise more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUrban and rural geographies receive equal, unsentimental attention. Seattle dominates the central Sound, its constellation of suburbs beginning to glimmer; across Elliott Bay, Tacoma asserts its own industrial reach. Everett’s mills and Bellingham’s waterfront signal a northward axis, while Port Angeles stands sentinel on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, gateway to the Olympic forests. Inland, Spokane presides over the region’s ore and grain trade, a dispatch point to Montana and the Palouse. Yakima—still widely called North Yakima—anchors irrigated orchards spreading along the Yakima River, and the Tri‑Cities of Pasco, Kennewick, and nascent Richland form a strategic crossing where rail and river meet. On the east side of Lake Washington, small communities such as Bellevue, Kirkland, and Redmond appear as modest entries, harbingers of the metropolitan arc to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps most evocative are the green-sashed forest reserves ringing the high country—vast, contiguous tracts on the Olympic Peninsula and along the Cascade crest, set aside in the young conservation ethos championed in the 1900s. Their juxtaposition with red county borders stages a quiet dialogue between local governance and federal stewardship. Mount Rainier National Park punctuates the center like a crown, while surrounding national forests shelter headwaters that feed the Columbia, Skagit, and Yakima systems mapped here in confident strokes. Read today, the composition doubles as a social document: it inventories resources, codifies political space, and choreographs movement at the moment Washington crossed from frontier to organized commonwealth. In the Anderson firm’s hands, cartography becomes narrative—precise, persuasive, and keenly tuned to the land it depicts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCities and towns on this map\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeattle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpokane\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTacoma\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVancouver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBellevue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEverett\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRenton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBellingham\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYakima\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKirkland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuburn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRedmond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFederal Way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePasco\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKennewick\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePort Angeles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotable Features \u0026amp; Landmarks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdministrative Boundaries: Clearly delineated county lines in red.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForest Reserve Boundaries: Highlighted in green for easy identification.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWater Bodies: Various rivers and lakes depicted, including larger bodies of water like the Pacific Ocean.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTopographical Relief: The use of hachures to indicate elevation changes and terrain features.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCities and Towns: Marked with labels, indicating their locations and size.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTransportation Networks: Railroads and wagon roads are illustrated, essential for understanding travel and trade routes at the time.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstitutional Designations: Certain areas are marked to represent forest reserves, indicating governmental land designations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical and design context\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMap Title: Anderson Map Co.'s: Map of Washington 1909\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Anderson Map Company (Seattle, Washington)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDate of Creation: 1909\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCartographic Techniques: Utilizes the Public Land Survey System (PLSS).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInset Information: Includes an inset promoting the Anderson Map Company.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePurpose: Serves as a geographical reference and historical document of Washington in that era.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesign Style: Clear, vibrant color scheme with detailed annotations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical Significance: Captures the cartographic, socio-political, and natural landscape of Washington in 1909.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease double check the images to make sure that a specific town or place is shown on this map. You can also get in touch and ask us to check the map for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a very large map that must be ordered at a large size, so that you can easily make out all of the details. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 100in (250cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 24x36in (60x90cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fifth listing image shows an example of my map personalisation service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you’re looking for something slightly different, check out my collection of the \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/all-old-vintage-antique-maps\"\u003ebest old maps\u003c\/a\u003e to see if something else catches your eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003econtact me\u003c\/a\u003e to check if a certain location, landmark or feature is shown on this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis would make a wonderful birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, work leaving, anniversary or housewarming gift for someone from the areas covered by this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that suits most aesthetics. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame colour or material. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex\/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Unique Maps Co.","offers":[{"title":"24x36in (60x90cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58018845950336,"sku":"UM00276767A","price":88.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36in (60x90cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58018845983104,"sku":"UM00276768A","price":240.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36in (60x90cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58018846015872,"sku":"UM00276769A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 (594x841mm) \/ Map","offer_id":58018846048640,"sku":"UM00276770A","price":88.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 (594x841mm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58018846081408,"sku":"UM00276771A","price":240.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 (594x841mm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58018846114176,"sku":"UM00276772A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"28x40in (70x100cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58018846146944,"sku":"UM00276773A","price":115.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"28x40in (70x100cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58018846179712,"sku":"UM00276774A","price":330.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"28x40in (70x100cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58018846212480,"sku":"UM00276775A","price":330.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x45in (76x114cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58018846245248,"sku":"UM00276776A","price":115.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x45in (76x114cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58018846278016,"sku":"UM00276777A","price":460.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x45in (76x114cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58018846310784,"sku":"UM00276778A","price":470.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A0 (841x1189mm) \/ Map","offer_id":58018846343552,"sku":"UM00276779A","price":165.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A0 (841x1189mm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58018846376320,"sku":"UM00276780A","price":765.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A0 (841x1189mm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58018846409088,"sku":"UM00276781A","price":720.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"33x50in (84x127cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58018846441856,"sku":"UM00276782A","price":210.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"33x50in (84x127cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58018846474624,"sku":"UM00276783A","price":875.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"33x50in (84x127cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58018846507392,"sku":"UM00276784A","price":820.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"40x60in (100x150cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58018846540160,"sku":"UM00276785A","price":305.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"40x60in (100x150cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58018846572928,"sku":"UM00276786A","price":1400.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"40x60in (100x150cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58018846605696,"sku":"UM00276787A","price":1300.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"47x70in (120x178cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58018846638464,"sku":"UM00276788A","price":515.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"47x70in (120x178cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58018846671232,"sku":"UM00276789A","price":1875.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"47x70in (120x178cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58018846704000,"sku":"UM00276790A","price":1750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0257\/0344\/8638\/files\/file_346e5a5a-fa2c-4364-82d3-f5bf4fe83b34.jpg?v=1777676434","url":"https:\/\/uniquemaps.co.uk\/fr\/products\/old-county-railroad-map-of-washington-state-1909-seattle-spokane-puget-sound-columbia-river-mt-rainier-np","provider":"The Unique Maps Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}