Horses and Kuskokwim Reconnaissance expedition members in canoe crossing South Fork Kuskokwim River, Alaska, August or September 1914

Caption under photo: Crossing of S. Fork Kuskokwim at Camp 57. McPherson number: K343 PH Coll 495.2-17a 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 Al...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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Expeditions & surveys > Alaska
Rivers > Alaska
Horses > Alaska
Pack animals > Alaska
Canoes > 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/3785
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Summary:Caption under photo: Crossing of S. Fork Kuskokwim at Camp 57. McPherson number: K343 PH Coll 495.2-17a 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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