Two Kuskokwim Reconnaissance expedition members in canoe on Kuskokwim River, Alaska, September 1914

Caption under photo: Going to other rafts for meal relief. McPherson number: K454 PH Coll 495.2-44d 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...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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Expeditions & surveys > Alaska
Rivers > Alaska
Canoes > Alaska
Kuskokwim Reconnaissance Expedition (1914)
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
Anchorage
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3898
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Summary:Caption under photo: Going to other rafts for meal relief. McPherson number: K454 PH Coll 495.2-44d 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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