Notes written by George T. Emmons concerning the Russian boundary markers on the Chilkat Divide, 1902.

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Notes written by George T. Emmons concerning the Russian boundary markers on the Chilkat Divide, 1902.

Notes giving information concerning Russian boundary markers on the Chilkat Divide -- "Ta hit (Stone House) boundary mark made in 1835 by Lurderburg" , probably a Russian governor.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7644567

Alaska State Library

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Emmons, George Thornton.

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Emmons was a naval lieutenant from whom the American Museum of Natural History acquired extensive collections of Northwest Coast Indian material, 1880s-1920. From the description of Manuscript, [ca. 1920]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155511653 Emmons was a U.S. Naval Academy graduate who was stationed on board the U.S.S. Pinta during the 1880s and 1890s. After retiring from the Navy in 1899, he took on special projects for the U.S. government that involved working with th...