Driftwood on Skwentna River beach, northeast from Skwentna, Alaska, July or August 1914

Caption under photo: "Skwentna River" N. E. from Road House. McPherson number: K109 PH Coll 495.1-28a 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 o...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Rivers > Alaska
Beaches > Alaska
Driftwood > Alaska
Skwentna River (Alaska)
Riparian areas > Alaska
Anchorage
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3554
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Summary:Caption under photo: "Skwentna River" N. E. from Road House. McPherson number: K109 PH Coll 495.1-28a 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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