1975 Map of Pullman

About this map

The South Fork Palouse River winds through this agricultural landscape of the Palouse region, captured here during the mid-1970s. This orthophotograph map, produced in cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service, uses aerial imagery to reveal the complex patterns of cultivation and drainage across the rolling terrain. The city of Pullman serves as the primary hub, showing its urban footprint and the distinct grid of the university and surrounding neighborhoods. To the south, smaller rural clusters like Staley and Johnson are visible, connected by a network of roads that follow the natural contours and property boundaries of the wheat-growing hills. The imagery provides a clear view of land use and the density of development at the time the photographs were taken in September 1975.