Packhorses at Rohn Roadhouse, site of Kuskokwim Reconnnaissance Camp 47 near the junction of South Fork Kuskokwim and Tatina Rivers, Alaska, August or September 1914

Caption under photo: Rohn Road House - Camp 47. McPherson number: K337 PH Coll 495.2-16c 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 C...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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Subjects:
Expeditions & surveys > Alaska
Horses > Alaska
Pack animals > Alaska
Log buildings > Alaska
Kuskokwim Reconnaissance Expedition (1914)
Roadhouses > Alaska
Rohn Roadhouse
Anchorage
South Fork
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3783
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Summary:Caption under photo: Rohn Road House - Camp 47. McPherson number: K337 PH Coll 495.2-16c 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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