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BARN, SOUTH AND EAST SIDES - Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Skwentna Crossing Shelter Cabin, Skwentna, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK
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BARN, SOUTH AND EAST SIDES - Iditarod Trail Shelter Cabins, Skwentna Crossing Shelter Cabin, Skwentna, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Medium 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS AK,9-SEW,2-A-6
Place of creation Alaska; Matanuska-Susitna Borough; Skwentna
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  • Significance: Located at Mile 218 on the Sweard-Iditarod-Nome Trail, the Skwentna Crossing Shelter Cabin replaced Joe McElroy and Jack Rimmer's roadhouse which was destroyed by fire ca. 1925. The Alaska Road Commission had this standard size (12' x 14') log structure built around 1930.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4
  • Survey number: HABS AK-5-A
Source/Photographer https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ak0014.photos.001461p
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
Object location61° 59′ 25.01″ N, 151° 23′ 52.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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