2010-11-16_PERMIT FILE - C1996083 ‎(6)‎

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 11/16/2010
• Doc Name: Section 17
• Section_Exhibit Name: Volume VI Cultural Resources
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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ensure that federally- initiated or authorized actions do not inadvertently disturb or destroy
significant cultural resource values. Significance is a quality of cultural resource properties
that qualifies them for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The
statements of significance included in this report are field assessments to support
recommendations to the OSM and State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO). The final
determination of site significance is made by the OSM in consultation with the SHPO and the
Keeper of the Register.
The Code of Federal Regulations was used as a guide for the in -field site evaluations.
Titles 36 CFR 50, 36 CFR 800, and 36 CFR 64 are concerned with the concepts of
significance and (possible) historic value of cultural resources. Titles 36 CFR 65 and 36 CFR
66 provide standards for the conduct of significant and scientific data recovery activities.
Finally, Title 36 CFR 60.6 establishes the measure of significance that is critical to the
determination of a site's NRHP eligibility, which is used to assess a site's research potential:
The quality of significance in American history, architecture, archaeology, and culture
is present in districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects of State and local
importance that possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship,
feeling, and association, and a) that are associated with events that have made a
significant contribution to the broad patterns of history; or b) that are associated with
the lives of persons significant in our past; or c) that embody the distinctive
characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work
of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and
distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or d) that
have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in the prehistory or
history.
Site Descriptions
Site 5DT93, an historic artifact scatter, possibly the Fry Homestead, is located in the
open grassy valley bottom of Stevens Gulch at an elevation of 7760 feet. Vegetation is dense
on the surrounding slopes, consisting mainly of Gambel oak, serviceberry, snowberry,
mountain mahogany and perennial forbs. Aspen and fir groves are common in the
interspersed with open grassy meadows. Soils are primarily dark brown sandy loam.
This site was previously recorded by Centuries Research, Inc. in 1977 (Baker 1977).
It measures 108 feet by 88 feet and consists of an artifact/old lumber scatter (Feature 1) and
separate trash dump (Feature 2). The artifact scatter suggests a former habitation which may
represent an early homestead likely settled by T. Curtis Fry who patented same tract of land
as Lots 10 and 11 on January 18, 1918 (156.45 acres, Accession/Serial Nr. 614400).
Feature 1, an artifact/lumber scatter, measures approximately 30 by 40 feet, is of
moderate density, and is visually represented mostly by highly weathered fragments of
lumber. Artifacts include clear bottle glass, porcelain and crockery fragments, a wide range of
metal items including iron rod, bar, ring, strap and wire stock, a scythe blade fragment, iron
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