Wagons traveling on wagon road between Flat and Iditarod, Alaska, September 1914

Two arrows drawn on photo indicate wagons. Caption under photo: Wagon Road between Flat City & Iditarod. 2800 lbs to a load. Haul 7 miles. Freight 2¢ lb. McPherson number: K536 PH Coll 495.2-64b Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documen...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Dirt roads > Alaska
Carts & wagons > Alaska
Anchorage
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3976
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Summary:Two arrows drawn on photo indicate wagons. Caption under photo: Wagon Road between Flat City & Iditarod. 2800 lbs to a load. Haul 7 miles. Freight 2¢ lb. McPherson number: K536 PH Coll 495.2-64b 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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