Plat map of Tekoa, (1910)<br>Plat book of Whitman County, Washington compiled and published from actual surveys and the County records by Anderson Map Company

Plat map of Tekoa, (1910)<br>Plat book of Whitman County, Washington compiled and published from actual surveys and the County records by Anderson Map Company

Whitman County (Wash.) -- Maps<br>Tekoa -- Maps<br>Connell, Frank P.<br>Fork of the Creek Wash.<br>Northern Pacific Railroad<br>Mr. Daniel Traux

1 map: col., 40 x 36 cm.<br>Plat map from the Whitman County city of Tekoa. Scale: 400'=1". <br>Tekoa's first settler, Mr. Frank P. Connell, erected a post office at his trading post in 1888. That same year, Mr. Daniel Traux platted forty acres of land into a townsite and Tekoa incorporated in 1889. At first the community was known as Fork of the Creek (Hangman Creek), but Mr. Traux's wife looked out from her porch one day to find a sea of tents. It reminded her of a story in the Bible which told of Tekoa--a "city of tents" and suggested the town be named after it. Tekoa housed a roundhouse and main depot for the Northern Pacific Railroad and quickly grew with its support. However, it also had a more diversified economy than some of the other railroad towns, such as Malden, and was able to withstand the rail's decline in the 1980s. It remains a small town in Whitman County today.

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Plat Book of Whitman County Washington Compiled and Published from actual Surveys and the County Records by Anderson Map Company Seattle, Wash 1910

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United States--Washington (State)--Whitman County--Tekoa
Hangman Creek