2014-10-10_PERMIT FILE - C1996083 (3)

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Evaluation and Management Recommendation The site has been deemed officially eligible by the State Historic Preservation Officer (2004) and there is no change to that determination with the present recording. The site retains integrity under Criterion A as it can be associated with an event (homesteading) considered making a significant contribution to the broad pattern of our history and the site could potentially provide useful archaeological data about the region's early homesteaders. Accordingly, protection and preservation are recommended. Site 5DT698 the Hughes Cow Camp Cow camp and recreational cabin was originally recorded by Steve Baker of Centuries Research inl984 (Baker 1984). It was later revisited by J. Firor and J. McGuire of Alpine Archaeological Consultants in 2005 ( Firor 2005). The site is located on the west side of the East Fork of Terror Creek at an elevation of 7200 feet. Vegetation consists of native grasses, riparian growth dominated by narrow leaf cottonwood, and spruce /fir forest. Alpine Archaeology (2005) described the site as follows: The site was originally recorded by Steve Baker of Centuries Research in 1984, who plotted the site too far north on National Forest land. At that time a standing cabin and the remains of a ruined cabin were observed. The map indicates that the ruined cabin was located about 10ft west to the existing cabin, measured 10 by 15ft, and had saddle- notched corners and wire nails. Baker dated the site to the 20th century based on his historical knowledge and the presence of wire nails. When the site was revisited in 2005, nothing remained of the ruined cabin. A leveled area roughly 2 by 4m cut into the slope about 5m west of the standing cabin was probably the location of the older cabin. The standing cabin is located about 15ft from Terror Creek. It consists of a 10 by 12ft rectangle of 6- to 8 -inch logs with beautiful half - dovetail notching. Gaps between logs are filled with cement mortar. The cabin has a steeply pitched gable roof built of 2x4 rafters, 1x10s, and shake shingles. The gable ends are covered with horizontal tongue and groove Ix6s. The cabin door is a 6ft by 30 -inch hollow -core with a 4 -pane glass window, centered on the north elevation, surrounded by a 3 f by IOft porch. The porch roof is channel -lock metal. Fixed, 6 -pane, 24 -inch square windows appear centered in the east and west walls, and a small, 1 %eft by 3ft door opens into the gable end on the south side. A 1Oxl2ft addition has been added to the east side of the original cabin since 1984. It is built of particle board with a metal shed roof and door in the south wall. A series of dates are inscribed into the chinking mortar on the porch. These include 1901, 1922, 1954, and 1978. Records in the Delta County Courthouse show that the property (Lots 2,9,10,11, and the SW1/4 of the NEIA of Section 5, Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM) was acquired from the US Government by Arthur S. Wade through a Cash Entry Patent 23