Buildings along riverbank at the Forks on Takotna River, Alaska, September 1914

Caption under photo: Tacotna Forks. McPherson number: K473 PH Coll 495.2-48d 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 ex...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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Subjects:
Wooden buildings > Alaska
Rivers > Alaska
Takotna River (Alaska)
Anchorage
The Forks
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3914
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Summary:Caption under photo: Tacotna Forks. McPherson number: K473 PH Coll 495.2-48d 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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