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| Keywords: Road and sidewalk leading to site of railroad buildings at Anchorage, ca 1917 (THWAITES 311).jpeg check categories 27 October 2016 4 Photograph Creator John E Thwaites Caption on image Some of the R R Bldg's Anchorage Alaska PH Coll 247 612<br/>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 Subjects LCTGM Anchorage Alaska ; Dirt roads--Alaska--Anchorage; Wooden sidewalks--Alaska--Anchorage; Railroadshops yards--Alaska--Anchorage; Railroad tracks--Alaska--Anchorage; Utility polea--Alaska--Anchorage; Alaska Railroad--Facilities--Alaska--Anchorage Subjects LCSH Alaska Railroad depicted place Anchorage Alaska ca 1917 Institution University of Washington UWASH-THWAITES-source accession number thwaites 311 PD-old-auto-1923 1940 Information field Order Number THW294 Images from the John E Thwaites Photographs of Alaska Collection to check Anchorage Alaska Dirt roads Rail tracks Alaska Railroad | ||||
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