Looking north from Kuskokwim Reconnaissance Camp 48 toward Terra Cotta Mountains and South Fork Kuskokwim River, Alaska, August 1914

Dotted line drawn on photo shows route. Caption under photo: South Fork Kuskokwim R. N. from Camp 48. McPherson number: K236 PH Coll 495.1-59c Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documents the activities of the Kuskokwim Reconnaissance survey...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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Mountains > Alaska
Rivers > Alaska
Terra Cotta Mountains (Alaska)
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
Anchorage
South Fork
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3679
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Summary:Dotted line drawn on photo shows route. Caption under photo: South Fork Kuskokwim R. N. from Camp 48. McPherson number: K236 PH Coll 495.1-59c 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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