Two members of Kuskokwim Reconnaissance expedition in front of tent at Camp 52 in Houston Pass, Alaska, August 1914

Caption under photo: Camp 52. McPherson number: K304 PH Coll 495.2-4d 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 expeditio...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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Expeditions & surveys > Alaska
Camps > Alaska
Tents > Alaska
Flags > American
Kuskokwim Reconnaissance Expedition (1914)
Flags > United States
Anchorage
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3745
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Summary:Caption under photo: Camp 52. McPherson number: K304 PH Coll 495.2-4d 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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