Upper Happy River Valley, Alaska, August 1914 (AL+CA 3638)
Summary
Dotted line drawn on photo shows route.
McPherson number: K195
PH Coll 495.1-49b
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.
Subjects (LCTGM): Rivers--Alaska; Valleys--Alaska
Subjects (LCSH): Happy River (Alaska)
Tags
images from the alaska western canada and united states collection
rivers of alaska
valleys of alaska
canada
Date
1910 - 1920
Source
Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
Link
Copyright info
public domain