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| Keywords: Horses pulling sleds over mud and first rails laid for the Alaska Railroad at Ship Creek, April 29, 1915 (THWAITES 213).jpeg check categories 27 October 2016 6 Photograph Creator John E Thwaites 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<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 Horse teams--Alaska--Anchorage; Railroad tracks--Alaska--Anchorage; Dwellings--Alaska--Anchoarge; Men--Alaska--Anchorage; Alaska Railroad--People--Alaska--Anchorage; Alaska Railroad--Equipment supplies--Alaska--Anchoarge; Ship Creek Anchorage Alaska Subjects LCSH Sleds--Alaska--Anchorage depicted place Anchorage Alaska 1915 Institution University of Washington UWASH-THWAITES-source accession number thwaites 213 PD-old-auto-1923 1940 Information field Order Number THW241 Images from the John E Thwaites Photographs of Alaska Collection to check Horse teams Rail tracks Men Alaska Railroad Sleds Anchorage Alaska | ||||
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