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Institute in 2011. It is adjacent to Stevens Gulch, south of the West Fork of Terror Creek. A <br />spring is located onsite. Elevation ranges between 7840 and 7960 feet. Vegetation consists of <br />dense mountain grasses, aspen trees, a spruce tree, oakbrush, willow, skunk cabbage, and <br />montane coneflower. Soils are a tan sandy, aeolian loess with some alluvial deposition. Soil <br />depth is unknown, but presumed to be more than a meter deep. Ground visibility was <br />approximately 5% due to dense grasses. <br />The site was originally described as "a small park just before one reaches Forest <br />Service lands. Site area includes a homestead patented in 1910 by a man named Scales. The <br />Morrell cow camp has been there since the 1920s. Site has small spring ponds, 3 cabins/bams, <br />corrals, and occasional lithic debitage from aboriginal activity" (Baker 1977). At the time of <br />the recording, the site was owned by the John Morrell Family. <br />The GRI recording in 2011 described the site as follows: <br />"The site was relocated, mapped, and photographed. It currently measures 1870 feet <br />northeast- southwest by 340 feet northwest- southeast. Three historic structures were recorded <br />(Structures 1 -3) along with two modern buildings (Buildings 1 -2). Prehistoric artifacts were <br />not visible, however, may have been obscured by dense groundcover. Historic artifacts were <br />not present during the original recording, nor were any observed during the reevaluation. <br />Structure 1, a historic cabin, was constructed in 1945. It has a log frame and <br />convection heating with a wood and pellet stove. It has an exterior privy and two bedrooms. <br />The building is 950 square feet in size and has been added on to and modified over the years. <br />The original structure was a one story, side gabled cabin with an interior chimney. It measures <br />approximately 25 feet wide, 37 feet 10 inches long and 17 feet high. The comer notches are <br />square and the roofing is corrugated metal. Later, a shed room was added to the front and an <br />unfinished enclosed porch with an extended roof was added to the back. A doorway is located <br />on the end, which accesses the shed room. A small, new, open porch is present here. No door <br />is present and it is likely boarded up during winter months. The enclosed porch, which also <br />has a paneled door, measures 8 feet 3.5 inches wide, 14 feet 6 inches long and 8 feet 5 inches <br />high. The cabin is log on three sides. The south end is milled lumber siding. The windows, <br />with the exception of two on each end of the gabled roof, have been replaced with modern <br />sliding sashes. The two original windows are stationary sash, authentic divided light (2 wide, <br />2 high). <br />Structure 2 is a small side gabled barn or shed. The original structure was one room. <br />Later, an adjacent shed room was added to the end. The entire building now measures 23 feet <br />9.5 inches long, 13 feet 3.5 inches wide, and 13 feet 6 inches high. Building material is milled <br />lumber siding and corrugated metal roofing. Doors are present on all four sides of the <br />structure. Two of these are paneled, one is milled lumber and the other doorway appears to <br />have been boarded over. Three windows are also present and have been boarded over. <br />Structure 3 is a privy. It measures 4 feet 1 inch by 4 feet 6 inches and is 7 feet high. It <br />17 <br />