Men standing at public dock in Iditarod for departure of last boat of the season, September 1914

Caption under photo: Departure of last boat from Iditarod for outside. Shut off from transportation for 8½ months. McPherson number: K546 PH Coll 495.2-67a Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documents the activities of the Kuskokwim Reconnai...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Piers & wharves > Alaska > Iditarod
Anchorage
Kuskokwim
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3987
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Summary:Caption under photo: Departure of last boat from Iditarod for outside. Shut off from transportation for 8½ months. McPherson number: K546 PH Coll 495.2-67a 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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