PERMFILE111168

• Permit No: C1981013
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Section_Exhibit Name: EXHIBIT 05 CULTURAL AND HISTORIC RESOURCE INFORMATION
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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this documentation is wholly dependent upon the reliability of
the original information. These sources are enumerated below.
The first task is to determine if any historic sites have been
officially recorded in the project area. This task was
accomplished by requesting a search of the Colorado Inventory of
Cultural Resources from the Colorado Historical Society, Office
_ of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (CHS-OAHP). The result
of this search is a computerized listing, which describes briefly
all known archaeological sites and the surveys that have been
conducted in the area of interest.
The next source of information is the secondary literature: those
summary accounts of the regional history that are written by
historians or other individuals who were not directly involved
with the historical events or personages. The principal source
work of this genre is the historical context for the Southern
Frontier of Colorado (Mehls and Carter 1984). Supplementing this
comprehensive overview is the historical survey of Colorado
Highway 12 (Pearce 1988) and the history of the Raton Basin
(Murray 1979). Also useful is the historical narrative of the
Colorado and Wyoming Railway (McKenzie 1982).
The third major sources of historical data for the project area
~ are the records of the General Land Office (GLO). This
information is presently stored at the Colorado State Office of
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Denver. The basic GIA
records include the Master Title Plat, a Use Plat, and a
Historical Index. Together, these records explain who obtained
the patent fora tract of land, the date of this patent, and the
number of acres that were patented. Thus,. these records
essentially afford a historical narrative of all past and present
actions which affected the use of or title to public lands and
resources. The GLO records also include the original surveys of
._ each township and any additional surveys conducted. These survey
plats show the cadastral section lines for each township, depict
topography and major drainage systems, and give the locations of
roads, irrigation ditches, and houses. As Friedman (1985:16)
points out, however, these plats are static; that is, they simply
display the phenomena that were observed at the time of the
survey. For example,. the map may show the location of a ranch,
but it will not indicate when that ranch was established, who
lived there, or when it was abandoned. This information must be
obtained from other sources, such as the GLO records.
The last source of information for identifying historic resources
in the project area is the set of modern U. S. Geological Survey
(USGS) topographic quadrangle maps, 7.5 minute series. Four maps
• ~ cover the project area: Tercio (1971), Vigil (1971), Weston
(1971), and Little Pine Canyon (1971). These maps detail major
topographic features, the networks of streams and rivers, and the
cultural features. The latter includes roads and trails,
• railroads (including old grades), utility lines, mines and
quarries, buildings, churches, cemeteries, and schools. Like the
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