William Downie map collection 1880-1890

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William Downie map collection 1880-1890

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv07455

The collection consists of maps created or used by Major William Downie in the late 19th century. Most are of British Columbia, but one shows California.

10 maps

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Western Washington University Heritage Resources

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Downie, William, 1819-1894

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fn1pdf (person)

Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1819, Downie worked as a sailor before joining the Gold Rush in San Francisco in 1849. He mined near Sacramento and along the Yuba River in California, in British Columbia (where he also studied the Canadian Indians and made reports about the topography of the land around the Skeena River), and in Panama. He founded the California town of Downieville. A volume of his reminiscences, Hunting for Gold, was published in 1893, by the California Publishing Company in San F...