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HABS AK,23-MCKIN,3- (sheet 3 of 3) - Pearson Cabin, near Toklat River, Cantwell, Denali Borough, AK
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HABS AK,23-MCKIN,3- (sheet 3 of 3) - Pearson Cabin, near Toklat River, Cantwell, Denali Borough, AK
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Medium 24 x 36 in. (D size)
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,23-MCKIN,3- (sheet 3 of 3)
Place of creation Alaska; Denali Borough; Cantwell
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Built by Ranger Grant Pearson, who became the park superintendent in 1949, and Ranger Lee Swesher, this is the oldest (and possibly the only extant) patrol cabin built totally by park rangers. Budget constraints required them to "whip-saw lumber from logs with a reconditioned crosscut saw. / During the summers of 1927 and 1928, park rangers Fritz Nyberg, Lee Swisher, and Grant Pearson constructed an 11 x 13 shelter cabin near the Toklat River crossing. With $15 for window glass, hinges, and nails, they completed the structure, the oldest along the park road. The cabin was built from local spruce, axed and whipsawed to fit, and chinked with moss and dirt. Eight dog kennels and a cache, 10 feet above ground, add to this typical Alaska shelter cabin site. Ranger Pearson, a well-known guide turned ranger, capped his career at McKinley Park by becoming superintendent.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-10
  • Survey number: HABS AK-33
  • Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1951 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1976 Subsequent Work
Source/Photographer https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ak0065.sheet.00003a
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