Kuskokwim Reconnaissance expedition member standing on sandy beach next to water, probably Skwentna River, Alaska, July or August 1914

McPherson number: K100 PH Coll 495.1-25d 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 M...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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Expeditions & surveys > Alaska
Rivers > Alaska
Kuskokwim Reconnaissance Expedition (1914)
Skwentna River (Alaska)
Anchorage
Sandy Beach
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3545
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Summary:McPherson number: K100 PH Coll 495.1-25d 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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