Packhorses near South Fork Kuskokwim River, between Kuskokwim Reconnaissance Camps 48 and 49, Alaska, August 1914

Dotted line drawn on item shows route. Caption under photo: S. Fork Kuskokwim River between Camps 48 & 49. McPherson number: K239 PH Coll 495.1-60a Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documents the activities of the Kuskokwim Reconnaissan...

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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
Rivers > Alaska
Horses > Alaska
Pack animals > Alaska
Packtrains > Alaska
Kuskokwim Reconnaissance Expedition (1914)
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
Anchorage
South Fork
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3681
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Summary:Dotted line drawn on item shows route. Caption under photo: S. Fork Kuskokwim River between Camps 48 & 49. McPherson number: K239 PH Coll 495.1-60a 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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