Jack L. Adams papers, 1901-1902.

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Jack L. Adams papers, 1901-1902.

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The Jack L. Adams Papers consist of 16 photographs and a letter from Adams to Ivar Skarland. The letter provides a narrative of Adams's experiences as a member of the Trans-Alaska Railroad Company survey. The photographs document the experiences of Adams's party of workers. The project, to construct a railroad from Iliamna Bay to Nome, Alaska, was abandoned after a year.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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Adams, Jack Lynn

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Trans Alaska Railroad Company

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Southern Pacific railroad company

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The Southern Pacific Railroad was founded in 1865 and was purchased in 1869 by Collis Huntington, Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker and Mark Hopkins, better known as the Big Four. It was the first railroad to connect Los Angeles to the rest of California and its lines extended as far as New Orleans. In 1901, the Union Pacific Railroad bought 38% of Southern Pacific stock and took control of the company, but the Union Pacific was ultimately forced to divest these shares in 1912 by the U.S. Supreme...