Beginning of canyon at the mouth of Dalzell Creek, Alaska, August 1914

Caption next to photo: Canyon Mouth of Dalzell Cr. McPherson number: K328 PH Coll 495.2-12c 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 Railroa...

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Summary:Caption next to photo: Canyon Mouth of Dalzell Cr. McPherson number: K328 PH Coll 495.2-12c 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.