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saw -mill which he brought with him and operated for a number of years, sawing lumber <br />and making fruit boxes for the fruit growers in this section. He then sold the outfit and <br />turned his attention to ranching, in 1898 buying the land on which he now lives, <br />sectoring forty acres in the first purchase and seventeen later from a neighbor adjoining <br />him. On this seventeen acres he at once built a large dwelling and began the cultivation <br />of his land. <br />He has about three acres and a half of his land in fruit and the rest in alfalfa and <br />grain. Hay and fruit are his principal crops and he finds them profitably and steadily <br />increasing in their returns. His land also has greatly increased in value, being worth <br />fifteen dollars an acre when he bought it and now worth at least one hundred dollars an <br />acre. On November 24, 1880 he was united in marriage with Miss Gertrude Miller, <br />who was born in Cooper county, Missouri, on October 29, 1862, and is the daughter of <br />Daniel and Mary (Moore) Miller, the former a native of Germany and the latter of <br />Kentucky. The father died in 1874 and the mother is now living in Kansas. Mr. and <br />Mrs. Roatcap have had five children, Joseph, who died when only three days old, <br />Constance M., Ina, Ora and Selma. The oldest is sixteen and the youngest five, and all <br />are living at home. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and <br />the father is a Republican in political affairs. <br />Important to note with this recording is the correction of the name. The earlier <br />recordings assigned the name as Roadcap, but based on the above historical account and also <br />the fact that a nearby drainage on the USGS Gray Reservoir 1965 7.5' quadrangle map is <br />named the Roatcap drainage, it is believed the sawmill belonged to Joseph P. Roatcap. <br />Previously recorded artifacts inluded four handstones [manos] (igneous, quartzite, and <br />sandstone materials), a sandstone nether stone [metate], a hammerstone, a quartzite point mid- <br />section, and a chert biface. The predominant stage of manufacture observed was: secondary <br />reduction interior flakes are most abundant, followed by secondary flakes. Cores are also <br />present. Artifacts occur in the gully, and in the lower southernmost portion of the site where <br />sheet wash is starting to expose materials. No features were observed in association with any <br />cultural remains, but the diverse types of artifacts present indicate the site was an open camp. <br />The artifacts exposed on the site were collected (100 %) by Wharton in 1978. <br />During the present project conducted by GRI, few artifacts were observed, and all but <br />one were found at the west portion of the site — west of the gully. Three manos (two basalt and <br />one of sandstone), a possible prehistoric thermal feature, and five fence posts were recorded. <br />Based on the original recorded site dimensions, there is no change to the site boundary. It is <br />felt the site occupied most of the open meadow. <br />The thermal feature is an apparent hearth consisting of eight exposed fire- cracked rocks <br />resting in a semi - circular fashion and containing ashy soil. The feature measures roughly 60 x <br />60cm and was found near one of the basalt manos. <br />21 <br />