Aerial view of Cordova, circa 1966

• Main Author: Clifford, Howard
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Cities & towns > Alaska; Piers & wharves > Alaska > Cordova; Cordova (Alaska) > Buildings; structures; etc; Clifford; Orca; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/4415

Clifford 130 Cordova is located on the southeastern shore of Orca Inlet in Alaska. Orca Inlet was formerly known as Puerto Cordova, named by a Spanish explorer named Salvador Fidalgo in 1790. Michael Heney, the builder of the Copper River and Northwestern Railroad, named the town Cordova in 1906 (So...