Excerpt from Washington Territory: Its Soil, Climate, Productions and General Resources Washington Territory, in the north - western portion of the United States, extends through nearly eight degrees of longi tude, covering about three hundred and sixty miles of the fron tier Of British Columbia, and has an average breadth from north to south of nearly four hundred miles. It has an area of square miles. Allowing for the waters of Puget Sonnd and the mountainous districts, there are acres of timber, prai rie and bottom land Open for settlement; of these, are covered with timber; are rich alluvial bottom, and acres are prairie and barren land. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.