Lake bordered by marsh and birch trees in Pitka Valley, Alaska, August or September 1914

Caption under photo 2-30a: Lake & Low Birch Ridge. Pitka Valley. Panorama 395-396. McPherson number: K396 PH Coll 495.2-30b 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 a...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
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Subjects:
Lakes & ponds > Alaska
Birches > Alaska
Pitka Valley (Alaska)
Birch > Alaska
Anchorage
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3838
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Summary:Caption under photo 2-30a: Lake & Low Birch Ridge. Pitka Valley. Panorama 395-396. McPherson number: K396 PH Coll 495.2-30b 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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