Hayes River with mountain range in distance, Alaska, July or August 1914

Caption under photo: Across Skwentna in Hayes River Valley. McPherson number: K129 PH Coll 495.1-32d 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 Alask...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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Subjects:
Rivers > Alaska
Mountains > Alaska
Hayes River (Alaska)
Anchorage
Hayes
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3573
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Summary:Caption under photo: Across Skwentna in Hayes River Valley. McPherson number: K129 PH Coll 495.1-32d 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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