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LJ <br />Recommendation: Due to the potential for buried cultural deposits, <br />avoidance or testing is recommended. <br />5RT866 (MM 25601. This historic farmstead site consists of three standing <br />structures and an accompanying corral. Two of the structures are cabins and the <br />third is a two-hole outhouse. The larger cabin is in association with the <br />outhouse, and the second cabin is approximately 310 meters southwest up a small <br />intermittent drainage. Both cabins have 2x4" milled framing and horizontal plank <br />or log siding.. Wood burning stoves are present in both cabins. The cabins have <br />furniture inside, including beds, dressers and chairs. Doors, hinges and glass <br />in all buildings appears to be recent. This site is located in a small opening <br />within a valley where two intermittent drainages converge. The area is <br />surrounded by thick Gambel Oak Shrubland. <br />Evaluation: Ranching was the main economic base for this location. The <br />first Receiver Receipt (RR) was issued on 04/04/04 to George A. Cook and was <br />officially patented on 06/01/05. It is reported the George Cook and was the <br />first farmer to raise wheat in Routt County (Holderness 1990). This specific <br />parcel was then sold to James M. Whetstone on 01/09/11. Both James and John <br />Whetstone ranched southwest of Steamboat Springs in the early 1900s (Werner <br />Memorial Library, Prominent Persons file). Their main ranch headquarters was <br />located two miles east of Hayden and was not part of this property. Whetstone <br />• retained ownership until 12/27/26 when Oliver W. Hooker purchased this parcel. <br />Eleven years later John Shaw bought the property on 09/08/3]. After four years <br />George Annard purchased this tract on 09/28/35. The Annard family retained <br />ownership until 01/22/87 when Peabody Coal Company (current owner) acquired the <br />property. <br />Through the process of in field recording (Colorado State Historic <br />Preservation Office standards) and files searches (Routt County Courthouse and <br />Werner Memorial Library) for this property the vast majority of pertinent data <br />relating to this site has been obtained. Even though Cook, Whetstone and Shaw <br />were all considered prominent persons within Routt County their importance <br />concerning local history had little to do with this specific property. <br />Therefore, this area is not associated with significant persons or events of the <br />past, nor do the buildings illustrate distinctive nor unique characteristics of <br />the time period. This property does not meet any of the National Register <br />Criteria for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. <br />Recommendation: Since this resource is evaluated as non-significant no <br />further work is recommended for 5RT866. <br />5RT867 (MM 2561). This open lithic scatter (45 m x 40 m) is located on a <br />small bench overlooking an intermittent drainage 30 meters to the northwest, On- <br />site vegetation includes gambel oak, dock, and yarrow. This vegetation island <br />is surrounded by agricultural fields. The site boundaries are limited by <br />artifact distribution which is only visible in the areas of natural vegetation. <br />Artifacts were observed to the edges of the agricultural fields, but no further. <br />• Site artifacts include 30+ flakes, one single-hand mono, and one Late Prehistoric <br />projectile point. The flakes represent all stages of manufacture with tertiary <br />and secondary flakes most prevalent, and fewer numbers of primary flakes. The <br />most common material is white chert with small amounts of white quartzite, white <br />