Major Jay J. Morrow Alaska Road Commission Album, ca. 1917

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Major Jay J. Morrow Alaska Road Commission Album, ca. 1917

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The Major Jay J. Morrow Alaska Road Commission Album contains photographs pertaining mostly to potential transportation corridors through Alaska. This album was presented to Major Jay J. Morrow, a member of the Corps of Engineers who served on a commission to examine potential routes for railways. His name is embossed on the album cover.

.45 cu. ft.

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8161064

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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United States. Alaska Road Commission

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This collection records the construction of roads, trails and bridges in Alaska from approximately 1909-1959. The Alaska Road Commission was established in 1905 as a board of the U.S. War Department where it remained until 1932. Many of Alaska's oldest highways are named for officers of the early Road Commission: Valdez-Chitina-Fairbanks military road was renamed the Richardson Highway for Brig. Gen. Wilds P. Richardson, the Steese Highway for Col. James G. Steese, the Elliot Highway for Maj. Ma...

Alaska Northern Railway

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Copper River and Northwestern Railway

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Morrow, Jay J. (Jay Johnson), 1870-1937

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