Kuskokwim Reconnaissance packhorses crossing the east channel of the Susitna River, Alaska, July 1914

Caption under photo: East Channel Susitna River. McPherson number: K49 PH Coll 495.1-13a Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documents the activities of the Kuskokwim Reconnaissance survey party (known as Party No. 11 of the Alaska Railroad C...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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Expeditions & surveys > Alaska
Rivers > Alaska
Horses > Alaska
Pack animals > Alaska
Kuskokwim Reconnaissance Expedition (1914)
Susitna River (Alaska)
Anchorage
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3496
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Summary:Caption under photo: East Channel Susitna River. McPherson number: K49 PH Coll 495.1-13a Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documents the activities of the Kuskokwim Reconnaissance survey party (known as Party No. 11 of the Alaska Railroad Commission expedition). The A.E.C. had assigned McPherson to research the feasibility of building a branch railroad from Anchorage west to the mining districts on the Kuskokwim and Iditarod Rivers.

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