Fortymile on the North Fork of Fortymile River

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• Subjects: Rivers > Alaska; Rivers > Yukon; Wooden buildings > Alaska > Fortymile; Fortymile (Alaska) > Buildings; structures; etc.; Fortymile River (Alaska and Yukon); Yukon; North Fork; Fortymile River; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/286

On verso of image: Forty Mile Filed in Alaska--Cities--Forty Mile Fortymile is located at the junction of Bullion Creek and the North Fork of Fortymile River, 37 miles southwest of Eagle. It is a former telegraph station established in 1903 by the U.S. Army Signal Corps and originally called North Fork after the stream. The prospectors called it Fortymile. [Source: Donald Orth. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1967.]