Forested land on geographic bench; in southern Shell Hills, with mountains in background, Alaska, July or August 1914

Caption under photo: "Bench" South End Shell Hills. McPherson number: K105 PH Coll 495.1-27a 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 Ala...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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Subjects:
Benches (Geomorphology) > Alaska > Shell Hills
Anchorage
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3550
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Summary:Caption under photo: "Bench" South End Shell Hills. McPherson number: K105 PH Coll 495.1-27a 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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