Southwest Plains (Geographic Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Marsha Prior. Bill Hersch. Amy Whitt. Tanya McDougall.

Book detailing the environmental and cultural history of the area occupied by Dyess Air Force Base.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey D. Owens.

This preliminary management summary presents the results of a cultural resources survey of approximately 400 acres of land on the southern terraces of the Colorado River in Runnels County, central Texas. This report is intended to serve as a summary of archeological fieldwork and as a management tool for interim use by the USACE cultural resources manager. Included here are summaries of the survey methods employed, pertinent information for the assessment and treatment of cultural resources...

PROJECT Air Combat Command, United States Air Force.

This project, created by Digital Antiquity under contract with the United States Air Force, contains documents and other resources from archaeological research conducted at Dyess Air Force Base (Dyess AFB). Dyess AFB, established in 1942 as Abilene Army Air Base (AAB), is a B1-Bomber base on 6,409-acre located in the southwest corner of Abilene, TX in Taylor County. The archaeology of the Taylor County area dates the human occupation of the area from about 12,500 B.C. into the present. ...

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Dyess Air Force Base Cold War Buildings Database. Includes a building inventory and photo log.

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Inventory of the Cold War-Era Historic Properties at Dyess Air Force Base.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Karen J. Weitze. Marsha Prior. Michelle D. Wurtz.

Summary of Cold-War Era historic properties at Dyess Air Force Base.

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Memos associated with Dyess AFB including SHPO correspondence.

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Undated photos of structures on Dyess Air Force Base.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Marsha Prior.

Architectural investigations at Dyess AFB included the development of character defining features for NRHP-eligible Cold War properties (Buildings 4314, 5020, 7007, 8129, 8130, 8131, and 9139), evaluation of a potential historic district (including Buildings 4314, 5020, 4312, 4315, 4316, 4317, and Aprons 541, 542, 543), and re-evaluation of an ammunition storage facility (Building 9136). For the potential historic district, hangars 4314 and 5020 (double cantilever hangars for the B-47 alert...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Nancy A. Kenmotsu.

List of federally-recognized tribes that occupied or used the Rolling Plains region of Texas between A.D. 1600 and 1900. The list is preceded by a background summary for the Dyess Air Force Base (AFB) Cultural Resources Manager. The summary is based on ethnohistorical research.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Marsha Prior. Nancy A. Kenmotsu.

The 2011 Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) updates the ICRMP prepared in 2006. This plan implements Air Force Instruction (AFI) 32-7065, Cultural Resources Management, (1 June 2004), Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 32-70, Environmental Quality, and Department of Defense Instruction (DoD) 4715.3, Environmental Conservation Program (3 May 1996, amended 20 July 1998). Archeological and historic site inventories have been accomplished for 100% of Dyess Air Force Base. To...

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Appendices to the 2012 Dyess Air Force Base ICRMP.

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Environmental assessment (EA) to determine potential environmental consequences of establishing and operating a Drop Zone for C-130 aircrafts at Dyess AFB, Texas.

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This United States Air Force report outlines their mitigation measures to reduce impacts to resources affected by aerial bomber training routes. This includes cultural resources within the bomber ranges utilized by the Dyess Air Force Base.

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Photo log of negatives of historic buildings documented in 1994 at Dyess Air Force Base.

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Undated black and white photographs of the Military Family Housing and Housing Referral Office sign at Dyess Air Force Base.

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Programmatic agreement between Dyess Air Force Base and Texas State Historic Preservation Office regarding the routine maintenance of eight historic buildings at Dyess Air Force Base (Draft, unsigned).

DOCUMENT Full-Text Joshua Watts. Francis McManamon.

The creation of a digital archaeology archive for Dyess AFB is part of a pilot program to investigate the feasibility of using the Digital Archaeological Record repository (tDAR) as a safe and long-term repository for archaeological information important for the management and protection of important archaeological resources that are the responsibility of the US Air Force. The overall project, “Digitize and Store Information within the Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR)” is carried out under...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jay R. Newman.

Fax from the US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District office sending a SHPO letter regarding the Cultural Resources Survey of a Proposed 500-Acre Drop Zone Site for Dyess Air Force Base.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Peter Baldetti.

Letter to the Texas Historical Commission regarding a project review of the Environmental Assessment for Dyess Air Force Base's New C-130 Drop Zone.

DOCUMENT Full-Text James A. Lowe. Patience Elizabeth Patterson. Katherine J. Roxlau.

Dyess Air Force Base was inventoried by Mariah Associates, Inc. between April 4 and 13, 1994 as part of the Air Combat Command Cold War study for the on-going Department of Defense Legacy Program. From this research and inventory, two resources were determined to be important in their relationship to Dyess Air Force Base’s Cold War mission and history. These resources are both mission oriented and one is the direct result of research and development in the 1980s.