Looking south on Big River from the junction with Middle Fork Big River, Alaska, September 1914

Caption: Up South Fork from Junction Middle Fork. Big River. McPherson number: K438 PH Coll 495.2-40a 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 Alas...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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Rivers > Alaska
Trees > Alaska
Big River (Alaska)
Anchorage
South Fork
Big River
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3879
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Summary:Caption: Up South Fork from Junction Middle Fork. Big River. McPherson number: K438 PH Coll 495.2-40a 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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