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Expedition surveys Kuskokwim
In 1914 the Kuskokwim Reconnaissance survey party, known as Party No. 11 of the Alaska Railroad Commission expedition, surveys the Kuskokwim area.
In 1914 the Kuskokwim Reconnaissance survey party, known as Party No. 11 of the Alaska Railroad Commission expedition, surveys the Kuskokwim area. James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, and his team were researching the feasibility of building a branch of the railroad from Anchorage to the mining districts of on the Kuskokwim and Iditarod rivers.