File:Horses pulling sleds over mud and first rails laid for the Alaska Railroad at Ship Creek, April 29, 1915 (THWAITES 213).jpeg
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[edit]English: Horses pulling sleds over mud and first rails laid for the Alaska Railroad at Ship Creek, April 29, 1915 ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Horses pulling sleds over mud and first rails laid for the Alaska Railroad at Ship Creek, April 29, 1915 |
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English: Caption on image: The Gov't Railroad at Ship Creek, Alaska. Showing the first rails laid. Photo taken same day, April 29, 1915 . PH Coll 247.466 In 1915 President Woodrow Wilson authorized funds for the construction of the Alaska Railroad. Ship Creek Landing was selected as the headquarters of this effort, coordinated by the fledgling Alaskan Engineering Commission. A "Tent City" sprang up in the wilderness at the mouth of Ship Creek, and soon swelled to a population of over 2,000. On July 9, 1915, the Anchorage townsite auction was held, and over 600 lots in a fixed grid were sold for approximately $150,000. Although the area had been known by various names, in this same year the U.S. Post Office Department formalized the use of the name "Anchorage" and despite some protests the name stuck.
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Depicted place | Anchorage, Alaska | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | Taken on 29 April 1915 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Order Number InfoField | THW241 |
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