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Constructing an 80-mile pack trail through the Chugach Mountains

Abercrombie, W.R.
Alaska 1899. Copper River Exploring expedition
Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1900

8vo (23.5x15.5 cm); 169 pp. Illustrated with 168 black&white photographs and 1 large folding map. Bound in red cloth, spine titles in gold, boards with embossed rules and decoration. 

Condition good minus: Boards a bit spotted, spine darkened and slightly soiled, spine ends frayed, gilt illegible. Innerjoints loosening (but still attached), paper clean though a little yellowed with age.

Report of Captain Abercombie's expedition on the Copper River in Alaska. The expedition explored the area and constructed an 80-mile pack trail from Valdez through the Chugach Mountains to the Klutena River divide in order to connect Eagle City on the Yukon with Valdez by way of Copper Centre. The report includes information on ports, minerals and the description of areas along the Copper River. The first section of the book is text describing the expedition and consist of 169 pages. The second part of the book is a large number of black and white photos taken along the trip. A detailed index to both Abercrombies primary report and to the 12 sub-reports prepared by members of the expedition is included.



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