Husky sitting on bank at fish camp on Big River, near junction with Middle Fork Big River, Alaska, September 1914

Caption: "Fish Camp." Mouth of Middle Fork Big River. McPherson number: K439 PH Coll 495.2-40b 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 A...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Dogs > Alaska
Camps > Alaska
Tents > Alaska
Anchorage
Big River
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3880
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Summary:Caption: "Fish Camp." Mouth of Middle Fork Big River. McPherson number: K439 PH Coll 495.2-40b 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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