Looking east across Happy River Valley with mountains in background, Alaska, August 1914

Dotted line drawn on photo shows route. Caption under photo: East across Happy River Canyon. McPherson number: K150 PH Coll 495.1-38a Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documents the activities of the Kuskokwim Reconnaissance survey party (k...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Valleys > Alaska
Mountains > Alaska
Happy River Valley (Alaska)
Anchorage
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3594
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Summary:Dotted line drawn on photo shows route. Caption under photo: East across Happy River Canyon. McPherson number: K150 PH Coll 495.1-38a 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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