Man seated in front of log cabins of Skwentna Road House on the south bank of the Skwentna River at its junction with Eightmile Creek, Alaska, July or August 1914

Caption next to photo: Skwentna Road House. McPherson number: K108 PH Coll 495.1-27d 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 Commi...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
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Subjects:
Log buildings > Alaska
Skwentna Roadhouse (Alaska)
Roadhouses > Alaska
Anchorage
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3553
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Summary:Caption next to photo: Skwentna Road House. McPherson number: K108 PH Coll 495.1-27d 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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