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

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on August 3, 1939 (Delta County Clerk's Records, Book 197, page 257). The property was sold to Philip McKee in 1943 (Delta Coungy Clerk's Records, Book 273, page 291), and Mckee sold to Edmund P. Holman in 1946 (Delta County Clerk's Records, Book 294, page 441). The current owner, Ronald "Red" Hughes bought the property in 1970 from Imo Holman. Clearly the structures at the Hughes Cow Camp were built by one of the first three owners, although which one is unknown. GRI's revisit during this project indicated that no changes to the site were noted. New photographs were taken to document the present condition. Evaluation and Recommendation 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. The site was recommended by Alpine as eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion C as the remaining cabin is an excellent, well - preserved example of a log cabin with half dovetail notching and its original roof. As such, it embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type and method of construction. In 2005 the State Historic Preservation Officer declared the site officially eligible. No change is made to that evaluation with the present revisit. Preservation and protection remain the recommendation. Site 5DT699 was recorded in 1984 by Steven Baker of Centuries Research as the "Anonymous Dugout." It was later revisited by J. Firor, J. McGuire of Alpine Archaeological Consultants in 2005 ( Firor 2005). They described the site as: Baker described a rectangular depression 10 by l Oft dug into the hillside at the edge of the Terror Creek road. The only artifact noted was a ruined cookstove. Baker speculated that the site dated to around 1900, based on his "relative knowledge of local history," and that it might represent a seasonal cow camp or a trapper's cabin. Baker's plot of the site was not exact and this appears to be the location of the site even though the stove was not relocated. The site is on the Gunnison National Forest just north of the forest boundary. The site consists of a D- shaped, level area about 4 by 5m, on the western side of the Terror Creek Road, and three associated artifacts. The level area is excavated into the hillside, at the same elevation as the road. A spruce tree 60cm in diameter is growing in the opening of the level area next to the road, indicating some antiquity. There is no clear indication that the area contained a structure, but a brown glass Purex cleaning solution bottle present in the depression and fragments of clear glass and white - glazed stoneware in the road in front of the level area indicate habitation of the area. The stove noted by Baker is no longer present. The Purex bottle indicates that the site was occupied sometime after 1923, as that was the earliest use of the Purex name. The site may have contained a dugout structure as suggested by Baker. Its proximity to the Hughes Cow Camp (5DT698) suggests that its occupation might have been associated with that site. The level area does not contain any cultural deposition, and the area in front has been heavily disturbed by road construction and 24