Trees and grasses on Shell Hills, Alaska, July or August 1914

Caption for photos: Red Top Grass 'high' Shell Hills. McPherson number: K103 PH Coll 495.1-26c 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 A...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Grasses > Alaska
Meadows > Alaska
Trees > Alaska
Grasslands > Alaska
Shell Hills (Alaska)
Anchorage
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3548
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Summary:Caption for photos: Red Top Grass 'high' Shell Hills. McPherson number: K103 PH Coll 495.1-26c 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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