Tent and packhorses at Kuskokwim Reconnaissance camp on Iditarod Trail on the way to Rainy Pass, Alaska, August 1914

Caption under photo: Camp No. 44. McPherson number: K204 PH Coll 495.1-51c 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 expe...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
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Subjects:
Expeditions & surveys > Alaska
Horses > Alaska
Pack animals > Alaska
Camps > Alaska
Tents > Alaska
Trails & paths > Alaska
Kuskokwim Reconnaissance Expedition (1914)
Iditarod National Historic Trail (Alaska)
Anchorage
Rainy Pass
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3647
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Summary:Caption under photo: Camp No. 44. McPherson number: K204 PH Coll 495.1-51c 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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