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has milled lumber siding and has a half gabled, corrugated metal roof. A corral is located north of the three structures. It is a mix of old and new fencing materials. An older log post and rail fence circles the corral. In places where the fencing has become ruined and sagging, metal gates have been set as reinforcements, indicating it may still be in use. East of the corral is a large spring fed pond. A Parshall flume is located at the north end. Water flows from out of the pond back into Stevens Gulch as it continues north to the West Fork of Terror Creek. Two modern buildings (Buildings 1 and 2) are present in the park area of the old cow camp, south of the historic structures. Building 1, the older of the two, was built in 1963. It appears on the Bowie Quadrangle Map, dated 1965/1978. It is two stories with an interior bathroom and three bedrooms. The Delta County Assessor indicates it has masonry construction. It appears to be built, at least partially, out of cinder block. Milled lumber siding and corrugated metal roofing is also present. The building is 1585 square feet in size with several additions /modifications. There is an open porch, as well as a screened -in porch. Building 2, the newest structure, was built in 1995. It is single story, of log construction, has two interior bathrooms and three bedrooms. As indicated on the Bowie Quadrangle Map (1965, 1978) there was apparently an older structure located to the east of this one. No indications of that structure remain. The camp is seasonally occupied and regularly maintained. It was sold to Turkey Track Ranch by the Morrell family in 1992. The Morrell's filed a homestead patent (for Stock Raising) in 1942 (Document No. 046322, Accession No. 1115145). Prior to the Morrell family, Charles Scales held a land patent in the area of the cow camp. It was filed in 1910 (Document No. 04095, Accession No. 130788). The 1891 GLO map indicates D.S. Stephens, after whom the gulch was likely named, had a cabin just north of the site area (Figure 2). The 1916 GLO map shows the "Rockwells Ranch" in the same 40'�iiio.v6 o�AIA,1 /4O.O,jA '4-0- 0 96,a As �xah ll ° _ mss. 1• area as the site (Figure 3)." (Conner et al. 2011) I Figure 2. GLO map (Township 13S.,Range 92W., Section 1) from 1891.