March Library Jewel #1: 1897 post route map of WA
(Image courtesy of Washington State Library) The State Library has lots and lots of historical maps: State maps. Territorial maps. Pre-Territorial maps. Highways maps. Railroad maps. Military maps. Geological maps. Even maps of shorelines and tidelands. The library even has a classic map that Cliff Clavin, Newman and other famed postal carriers near and far would love. It’s a post route map of the state from 1897. The map shows the post offices with the intermediate distances on mail routes…