Summary: | Caption on image: Council City & Salomon River R.R. passenger train at Dickson, Alaska. Oct. 1st 1905. Photo by F.H. Nowell, 4498. Dickson is located on the east bank of Solomon River on Norton Sound, 0.8 miles southeast of Solomon, Seward Peninsula. It was established about 1903 as the southern terminus and port of the Council City and Solomon River Railroad. (pg. 272) Notes from Donald Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1967) To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction/reproduction Please cite the Order Number
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