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1917 Map of Pasco

Name: 1917 Topographic Map of Pasco
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1917
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1917

About this map

The Columbia River and its confluence with the Snake River anchor this 1917 survey of the burgeoning Tri-Cities region. The topography reveals a landscape transitioning from the open sagebrush of Taylor Flat to organized Irrigated Land near Richland and Kennewick. Transportation networks are the defining force of development here, with the Northern Pacific and the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company lines converging at Pasco.

Evidence of early rural social structures appears in the numerous school districts, such as Locust Grove School and Triple Springs School, alongside family holdings like the Owen Ranch and Rosenzweig Ranch. Downriver from Richland, the Zimmerman Ferry provides a crossing point before the widespread construction of highway bridges. The map also documents significant early irrigation infrastructure, including the Canal systems that enabled the fruit-growing districts near Fruitvale.