Sign at the summit of Rainy Pass stating mileage to Seward and Nome, Teocalli Mountains, Alaska, August 1914

Sign at summit reads: Summit Rainy Pass. Nome 669. Seward 289. McPherson number: K225 PH Coll 495.1-56d 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 Al...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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Signs (Notices)
Signs and signboards > Alaska
Anchorage
Rainy Pass
Kuskokwim
Nome
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3668
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Summary:Sign at summit reads: Summit Rainy Pass. Nome 669. Seward 289. McPherson number: K225 PH Coll 495.1-56d 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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