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The irrigation ditch shown on the GLO plat to the east of the farmstead was previously recorded as <br />Site 5RT991.2. <br />Eligibility and Management Recommendations. Site 5RT2746 does not retain historic <br />integrity. The site consists of four partially collapsed structures, one intact outbuilding, two wells <br />and a light scatter of historic and modern household and farming refuse. All but one of the <br />structures present at this site are at least partially collapsed and the artifact assemblage is minimal. <br />Although two local reservoirs are named after the Nofstger family, there is no evidence that Clement <br />Nofstger played an important part in local or regional history. The tall, overhead transmission lines <br />that pass through the northern portion of the site have degraded the visual setting of the site. The <br />site has no known association with historically significant events or people (Criteria A and B), no <br />evidence of distinctive structures or features (Criterion C), nor any potential to provide information <br />that is not already available in written or oral documentation (Criterion D). Therefore, MAC <br />recommends this site as not eligible for inclusion on the NRHP. No further work is recommended. <br />5RT2748.1 <br />Site Description. 5RT2748.1 is a newly recorded segment of historic road. The historic <br />path of the road was mapped in 1915 on a General Land Office plat. The site appears on the map <br />for T5N, R87W in Sections 9, 4, 5 and 6. The site lies in a narrow valley about five miles south of <br />the Yampa River. Hillberry Mountain and the Williams Fork Mountains make up the western valley <br />wall while a long, high north/south-trending, uplifted ridgeline is visible to the east. The site is on <br />the west side of County Road 27 which travels north/south following the valley floor. The recorded <br />segment begins at the intersection of the county road and a dirt road just south of Nofstger <br />Reservoir. At the eastern end, the road is a deeply rutted two track that heads west providing access <br />to the Nofstger Zeigler Reservoir. The road turns north just past the Nofstger Zeigler Reservoir. As <br />it turns north, the road becomes an ephemeral two track and travels through previously plowed, <br />agricultural fields that have been revegetated with wheatgrass. It parallels a fence going north then <br />west where a Seneca Coal Company haul road destroyed a portion of the historic path of the road. <br />It is visible again on the west side of the haul road and continues to Scotchmans Gulch. There is no <br />evidence of the historic path on the northwest side of Scotchmans Gulch. The road segment is 9,472 <br />ft. long and averages about 12 ft. wide. <br />Eligibility and Management Recommendations. This road and associated segment, <br />5RT2748.1, does not retain historic integrity. The eastern half of the historic road is a heavily used <br />two track that widens into parking areas near the Nofstger and Nofstger Ziegler Reservoirs. As the <br />road turns north, it becomes ephemeral. The road was likely used for local transportation through <br />the area and to access agricultural fields. Those fields have since been revegetated with wheatgrass. <br />Parts of the western end of the segment have been destroyed by a modern haul road. As it reaches <br />Scotchmans Gulch, the road becomes unrecognizable. The site has no known association with <br />historically significant events or people (Criteria A and B), no evidence of distinctive structures or <br />features (Criterion C), nor any potential to provide information that is not already available in <br />written or oral documentation (Criterion D). MAC recommends this road as not eligible for <br />inclusion on the NRHP. Noi further work is recommended. <br />5RT2749.1 <br />41