Men and packhorses traversing hillside near South Fork Kuskokwim River, Alaska, August 1914
Dotted line drawn on photo shows route. Caption under photo: Upper Approach to Canyon S. Fork Kuskokwim River. McPherson number: K299 PH Coll 495.2-3c Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documents the activities of the Kuskokwim Reconnaissanc...
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Summary: | Dotted line drawn on photo shows route. Caption under photo: Upper Approach to Canyon S. Fork Kuskokwim River. McPherson number: K299 PH Coll 495.2-3c 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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