MWAC 2014, Non-series Archaeological Reports

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas D. Scott.

This resource contains an extensive field report of excavations carried out by the University of Colorado in twelve different localities at Ft. Larned National Historic Site during June and July, 1974. The field party of thirteen individuals was under the direction of Douglas D. Scott. Tested and excavated areas and structures are specified under an amendment to provisions of National Park Service Contract X-2000-3-0083. Following the descriptive section on the excavation is a discussion of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Leslie A. Perry.

The Taft House Site (33HA43) constitutes the main historical and cultural resource of the William Howard Taft National Historic Site, Cincinnati, Ohio. Located at 2038 Auburn Avenue, the house was the birthplace and boyhood home of the 27th President of the United States. The house and its accompanying property have witnessed extensive remodeling both during and subsequent to the Taft family occupation. Most recently, the deteriorating condition of the structure, particularly in the 1851 east...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ralph Hartley. James Schneck.

Colorado currently has eleven National Forests and two National Grasslands. A total of 128 sites were visited in these Forests and Grasslands during the summers of 1993 and 1994. Most of these buildings were constructed by personnel from or associated with the Forest Service. A few were acquired by the Service prior to 1950 for administrative use, and a few have no historical association with administrative activities in the Forests but are owned and maintained by the Service. This report...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kenneth P. Cannon.

In 1995 the skull of a subadult male bison was recovered from the cutbank of Fawn Creek, Lemhi County, Idaho, by a ranger for the Salmon-Challis National Forest. After slowly drying the skull for about a year it was turned over to the Midwest Archeological Center in order to be stabilized and analyzed for clues to the ecology of Late Holocene bison in the Intermountain West. A number of analytical techniques were applied to the skull in order to understand its age of deposition and ecology....

DOCUMENT Full-Text Kenneth P. Cannon.

In 2003 a partial bison skull was recovered by Ashley National Forest archeologist Brian Storm from an elevation of 3840 m (12,600 ft) AMSL in the Uinta Mountains. The partial skull consists of a portion of the frontal, occipital region, and horn cores including horn sheaths. The presence of the horn sheaths is of particular interest for the ecological information they can provide. Through the analysis of the individual cones of the horn sheath a record of the animal’s dietary and migration...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John W. Weymouth.

In a desire to obtain some information about possible subsurface features as well as to test survey methods, the Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service carried out magnetic surveys over two sites at Homestead National Monument, Beatrice, Nebraska during September, 1981. This report is an analysis and interpretation, by the author, in fulfillment of Purchase 0rder px-6115-9-0616, of the data obtained in those surveys.

DOCUMENT Full-Text William J. Hunt, Jr..

The Mingo National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) was established in 1944 as a resting and wintering area for migratory waterfowl in Stoddard and Wayne Counties in an area of southeastern Missouri known as the Bootheel. Annual visitation is approximately 20,000 persons per year. The current Refuge Visitor Center was constructed in 1973 just off Missouri State Highway 51 north of the town of Puxico. It occupies a narrow ridge overlooking the pools and marshlands of the abandoned channel. Deterioration of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann M. Johnson.

This fieldwork inventoried an area on Sheep Mountain Table, on July 23rd, 1987, where a trail and overlook may be developed. The project will bring park visitors from the road on Sheep Mountain Table to an overview of the School of Mines Canyon.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann M. Johnson.

This resource contains a report on an inventory conducted at the Badlands National Park Service Headquarters on July 23rd, 1987. It included four areas in the housing area of the headquarters where new housing may be placed in the future. In reality, the inventory was of the general housing area, as it documents the disturbance that occurred with construction of the Mission 66 housing.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann M. Johnson.

This fieldwork was to inventory the concession cabin area in Badlands National Park that is to be disturbed by the replacement and relocation of sewer lines. The survey and inventory took place on July 23rd, 1987 and was conducted on foot, maximizing opportunities to observe the bare ground.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann M. Johnson.

Thistle Reservoir is a small water impoundment whose earthen structure was breeched some time in the past. There are plans to repair the dam, and this fieldwork, conducted on July 23rd, 1987, was to inventory in the borrow area behind the dam.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jay T. Sturdevant.

Buffalo National River (BUFF) has requested the assistance of the Midwest Archeological Center (MWAC) in conducting archeological investigations at the Casey-Clark House property during the week of August 4, 2003. The inventory is planned in advance of the installation of water lines, sewer lines, electric lines, and a septic tank. Since the property has never been fully investigated, a Phase I inventory of the property was recommended and concurred with by the Arkansas SHPO office (Steve...

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In response to purchase order PX 7029-8-0624, from the National Park Service, Southwest Region, Santa Fe, New Mexico, dated July 20, 1978, a magnetometer survey was performed at Arkansas Post National Memorial between July 26 and 30, 1978. The area involved in t hi s survey was a proposed construction project in the Post Bend portion adjacent to the Arkansas Post National Memorial.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Dawn Bringelson.

Archeological monitoring was conducted at George Rogers Clark National Historical Park (GERO) in association with proposed upgrades to natural gas and water lines. GERO has struggled over recent years with numerous leaks and breaches of their water main and irrigation systems, resulting in several emergency excavations for repair, and the long-term dormancy of whole sections of their irrigation system. The current upgrade project was designed to bring these systems up to higher standards to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey G. Mauck.

During 1994 and 1995 Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. undertook an archeological overview and assessment of the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial in Spencer County, Indiana. This resulting study was designed to provide a regional context and summary description of all known cultural resources within the Memorial. The overview and assessment included a review of past archeological research on Memorial lands and a comprehensive search for pertinent documentary records. The results of this research...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy Schilling.

The Gateway Arch lies at the center of Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (JEFF). The Arch is a commemorative feature built by NPS to mark the St. Louis riverfront as a pivotal place in America’s westward expansion. The site was the created by President Franklin Roosevelt by executive order in 19351 and is first place to be recognized under the Historic Sites Act of 1935, which was designed “to preserve for public use historic sites, buildings, and objects of national significance for the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Fred A. Finney.

In 1964 Congress authorized Ozark National Scenic Riverways (OZAR) and the park was officially established in 1972. It is one of the initial eight wild and scenic rivers designated by the federal government. OZAR encompasses a linear corridor along ca. 241 km (ca. 150 miles) of the Current and Jack Fork Rivers in the Ozark Highlands of southeast Missouri. The park contains a variety of prehistoric and historic archeological resources. A total of 480 sites are recorded in the files of either...

DOCUMENT Full-Text William J. Hunt, Jr..

The Wright Island investigation location has been identified as a good location for a new campground. Development will involve some ground disturbance and is near the ruins of a 20th century fishery and on or near the Wright Island site (20IR181). This National Register eligible site incorporates a 19th-20th century fishery and a Terminal Woodland component dating to circa 1300 (Clark 1995: 149-152). In 1990, MWAC Archeologist Caven Clark shovel tested the flat beach area west of the ruins and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jan H. House.

The artifacts analyzed for this report are from the William Howard Taft National Historic Site, and were received by Southside Historical Sites, lnc. from the National Park Service, Denver Service Center. The animal bone in this report was analyzed by Michael Barber, ethnozoologist for Southside Historical Sites, Inc. Metal artifacts were cleaned by R.D. House, conservator for Southside Historical Sites, Inc. Treatment records for these metals are included with this report.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Virgil J. Olson.

This resource contains a brief comparison and survey of medicine wheels in Northern Wyoming and Southern Montana. Conducted by Virgil J. Olson, during his association with Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, the survey includes a brief historical background, as well as comparative field sketches and tables of multiple medicine wheels. Field study occurred in the years 1972 and 1973.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Carole A. Angus.

The Vertebrate materials treated in this analysis were from the Smithsonian Institution River Basin Surveys field parties in 1962 and 1967 during the archeological investigations of the Medicine Creek site (39LM2), located on the right bank of the Missouri River five miles west of the present town of Lower Brule. The investigations revealed remains of three temporally distinct occupations representing the Initial and Extended Variants of the Coalescent Tradition and the Initial Variant of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert K. Nickel.

In December 2000, a team working for the Midwest Archeological Center and Nez Perce National Historical Park evaluated the suitability of geophysical survey instruments for mapping the location of unmarked graves in the Mission Cemetery at Spalding, Idaho. A small grid was examined with a fluxgate magnetometer, a soil resistance meter, a conductivity meter, and a ground-penetrating radar unit. All but the conductivity meter detected positive anomalies in association with marked historic graves...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jay T. Sturdevant.

Today, park managers must routinely balance the restoration needs of natural resources with the preservation of cultural resources. This project was designed to provide park managers with scientific data on the impacts from wildland fire to archeological resources at National Park Service units in the Midwest Region. Experimental research was conducted at six parks to record data on fire conditions (i.e., fuels, fire temperature, and burn duration) and the impacts on multiple classes of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Albert M. Swain.

Management of the forest resources in areas such as Voyageurs National Park requires not only information regarding the present forests but also an assessment of forest composition immediately prior to European settlement, the frequency of forest disturbances prior to logging, and the changes or trends of the major forest species prior to logging. A vegetation and fire history of the pre-settlement forests and corresponding climatic interpretation should also aid the interpretation of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roger T. Saucier.

During the period 10 to 13 September 1980, the writer was afforded the opportunity of a brief reconnaissance of portions of the Ozark River Hays in Shannon County, Missouri. Physiographic features, often in association with archeological sites, were pointed out and discussed by personnel of the Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service, and the Southeast Missouri Field Station, Southwest Missouri State University, at the Akers Ferry, Pulltite, Round Spring, Alley Spring, Owls Bend,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven De Vore. Courtney Ziska.

The geophysical survey of the King Site, 25DW 166, was conducted between June 13 and June 17, 2011 as part of the Midwest Archeological Center's technical assistance to the University of Colorado's archeological field school. The Midwest Archeological Center staff and student volunteers from the University of Colorado's archeological field school conducted the geophysical investigations of two locations within Site 25DW166 in Dawes County, Nebraska, as part of the archeological investigations of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven De Vore. Steven R. Holen.

The geophysical survey of the native pasture on the Holen family farm was conducted as part of the National Park Service's technical support of the National Historic Trails Office's investigation of the Plum Creek Massacre Site's archeological potential between August II and August 17, 2009. The geophysical inventory of the project area consisted of a magnetic survey with a dual fluxgate gradiometer across the entire field, a limited resistance survey with resistance meter and twin probe array,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven De Vore.

The geophysical survey of the Allen Miller House property lot (Site 11 SG 1318) at Lincoln Home National Historic Site (LIHO), Springfield, Illinois, was conducted between October 24th and October 28th, 200~;;by Midwest archeologist Steven De Yore. The geophysical survey was requested by the Lincoln Home National Historic Site staff to identify archeological resources that would be of interest to the historic structure resource team investigations and the proposed restoration of the Allen Miller...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven De Vore.

Between August 20 and 22, 2008, geophysical investigations were conducted at the North Liberty Cemetery (13CD158) in Cedar County, Iowa. The geophysical investigations including magnetic, resistance, and ground penetrating radar survey techniques. The project was requested by the Iowa State Historic Preservation Office staff for the non-invasive and non-destructive investigations of the unmarked portion of the North Liberty Cemetery as part of the National Park Service's technical assistance and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven De Vore.

The geophysical investigations were conducted at the request of Allen Cooper, archeologist with the Philadelphia Support Office. These investigations were to provide information on three separate areas within the boundaries of the Booker T. Washington National Monument: the Burroughs cemetery area, the Sparks cemetery, and the historic slave quarters core area. The methodology for the magnetic and resistance surveys is similar to that utilized at Fort Laramie. The present investigations...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven De Vore.

The geophysical survey of Youst Cemetery (25HM21) in Hamilton County, Nebraska, was conducted between April 25 and April 26, 2006, by Midwest Archeological Center archeologist Steven De Yore and Save the Youst Cemetery Project volunteers Robert Hunt, Judy Schoch, Myron Peters, Dick Schoch, Dallas Moore, and Mary Ann Moore. The geophysical survey was conducted at the request of Nebraska State Historical Society Archeological Division staff to provide geophysical data on the presence of unmarked...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven De Vore.

The geophysical survey of three selected areas along the Santa Fe National Historic Trail in the greater Kansas City metro area was conducted between July 11 and July 14, 2005, by Midwest Archeological Center archeologist Steven DeVore with support from the National Trails System Office staff in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and volunteers from the local area. The present geophysical and archeological inventory project is associated with the regional development of the Kansas City MetroGreen greenway...

DOCUMENT Full-Text William V. Volf.

Between March 26 and March 30, the author directed resistance geophysical surveys at the Elkhorn Tavern and the LeetolNI1 site within Pea Ridge National Military Park, Arkansas (PERI). The research was performed as part of a broader inventory of the cultural resources of PERI. The goal of the resistance surveys at PERI was to attempt to locate various structural elements and features of the properties that relate to the Civil War era in a non-destructive manner. At each surveyed area, soil...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert K. Nickel.

In August 1999, tests were conducted with three geophysical instruments on a lO-meter square grid in the northeast corner of the Carver family cemetery, George Washington Carver National Monument, Diamond, Missouri. The instruments included a Geoscan FM36 flux gate magnetometer, a Geoscan RM15 soil resistance meter, and a Sensors and Software Noggin 250 ground-penetrating radar unit. The magnetic data revealed patterns very similar to those identified by J. L. Emery as a result of her work in...

DOCUMENT Full-Text W. E. Sudderth.

A previously unrecorded household dump was exposed during archeological mitigation of a construction project at Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, Montana. The dump is located near the present location of the Coal Shed and extends under the access road toward the northwest corner of the 1890 addition to the main Ranch House. Analysis of the artifacts and stratigraphy in conjunction with the written and oral history of the area suggested two periods of deposition. The lower portion of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert Nickel.

Four small areas that might contain graves associated with use of the California and Oregon Trail segments in Eastern Kansas were examined with a group of geophysical instruments. Two sites contain apparent headstones with the names of the people believed to be buried there. All four of the sites also contain irregular stones without inscriptions that might be grave markers. Historic journal accounts written by travelers along the trails suggest the potential for multiple interments in the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rachel Franklin. Michael Grant. Martha Hunt.

The Niobrara/Missouri National scenic Riverways study area exhibits a rich array of historic and cultural resources. The Niobrara National Scenic River includes the western segment of the river that flows through Cherry, Keya Paha, Brown, and Rock Counties in Nebraska. The Missouri National Recreation River study area is defined by three recreational segments of the National Wild and Scenic River system: a 39-mile Missouri River segment extending from Fort Randall Dam to the headwaters of Lewis...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alan R. Woolworth.

The major objective of this report is to “Conduce Research to Describe the Historical Character and Use of the Grand Portage.” This information will become a portion of a comprehensive holistic Trail Management Plan for the Grand Portage. The Scope of Work for this project lists and discusses a series of ten areas of research that relate directly to the history and uses of the portaqe over a time period of about two centuries from late prehistoric times to the early 19th century (c. 1600-1825).

DOCUMENT Full-Text David D. Kuehn.

A cultural resource inventory was conducted at the North Unit Headquarters area in conjunction with a three-year archeological research project. A portion of this area is now scheduled to be impacted by sewage lagoon construction. No cultural resources were located in the area of proposed construction. An historic depression site (32M28631), was recorded just outside of the impact area. This site should not be affected by construction activities. Archeological clearance for the sewage lagoon...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lynelle A. Peterson. William J. Hunt, Jr..

In 1987, Midwest Archeological Center archeological crews completed the second of three years of excavations at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site. This season's work was done in preparation of the 1988-1989 reconstruction of the fort's 1850-1851 era palisade and stone bastions. The investigation focused upon the North Palisade,' North GateI Northeast Bastion, East Palisade and Southwest Bastion. within the excavation/ construction zone, secondary structures of interest included the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Thomas D. Thiessen.

During the past several years, the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site has been the focus of an intensive archeological and ethnohistorical research program that is reaping great benefits for the management of the park. Beginning in 1976 and continuing for each summer through 1981, archeologists from the University of North Dakota and the National Park Service's Midwest Archeological Center conducted a variety of investigations in the park designed to delimit the extent and nature...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Francis A. Calabrese.

The Knife River Indian Villages are located in North Dakota near the confluence of the Knife and Missouri Rivers, just north of the contemporary town of Stanton, North Dakota. A number of relatively undisturbed archeological sites occur along this stretch of river, an area which historically was the homeland of both the Hidatsa and Mandan Indians. The Knife River Indian Villages are the northernmost cluster of sites. They are the final major village complex representing the pinnacle of Hidatsa...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John W. Weymouth.

This report describes a magnetometer survey conducted on parts of the George Washington Carver National Monument in August 1975. The methods are discussed with particular emphasis on some procedures not previously applied by the author. The results are interpreted with the aim of providing some guides for subsequent archaeological testing.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven De Vore.

The survey was conducted as part of the geophysical investigations of the west wall of the square enclosure during the Non-destructive Mound and Earthwork Research in the 21" Century workshop at Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, May 14-18, 2001. The area was selected by Dr. Bevan to explore the earthworks with a series of geophysical experiments.

DOCUMENT Full-Text William J. Hunt, Jr..

On June 26, 2003, National Park Service (NPS) Archeologist William Hunt and Archeological Technician Scott Lockhorn from the Midwest Archeological Center (MWAC) conducted a reconnaissance inventory of the Stewart Hickman prescribed burn unit in Buffalo National River (BUFF), Arkansas. This unit is scheduled for a prescribed burn the purpose of which is to reduce its wildfire potential by reducing hazardous fuel loads. The burns also keep fields open by removing young trees and brush and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Jay T. Sturdevant.

During the summer of 2003, BUFF Archeologist Charlotte Hunter assisted by Paraprofessional Archeologist Anthony Collins and members of the Buffalo National River (BUFF) Fire Management Team, conducted a reconnaissance inventory of the Rough Edge prescribed bum unit in the Middle District of Buffalo National River (BUFF), Searcy County, Arkansas. This unit is scheduled for a prescribed bum the purpose of which is to reduce its wildfire potential by reducing hazardous fuel loads, The bums also...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Steven E. Daron.

The purpose of the archeological work conducted at the Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site was to monitor the removal of excess fill material from the bluff south of Fort Union. Sometime after Fort Union was abandoned, a large gravel pit was dug west of the Fort. This pit removed a section of the bluff in front (south) of the Fort and part of the Fort’s southwest Bastion. After the establishment of Fort Union as a National Historic Site efforts were made to fill the eastern part of...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John B. Anderton.

A Phase I Archeological Survey was conducted of the Little Beaver Lake Campground and the White Pine Trail parking lot expansion area within the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on August 8th, 2008. The campground, a popular drive-in spot for tenting and small trailer use is located about 2.5 miles (4 km) north of H-58 at the terminus of the Little Beaver Lake Road, on the southwest end of Little Beaver Lake. The White Pine Trail parking lot is located approximately ¼ mile (0.4 km) to the south...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Susan Collins. George Rapp, Jr.. John A. Gifford. Dennis Rondine. Margaret Thompson.

Seventy-six plant samples and forty sediment samples from voyageurs National Park were analyzed for phytoliths. Leaf, stem, root, inflorescence, and where possible, seed phytoliths were extracted from each plant sample as a key against which sediment phytoliths could be compared. All phytoliths were examined by light microscopy using a research petrographic microscope equipped with a Nomarski Differential Interference Contrast (DIC) system. Some phytoliths were also studied using a Scanning...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bruce P. Bessken.

This resource contains the project report for the Pinnacles Water Swale Project conducted at the Badlands National Park. Fieldwork was carried out to search for any cultural surface material or features prior to the construction of a one foot deep by 175 foot long by ten foot wide swale to carry water away from the Pinnacles residence yard using a park grader blade for construction.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert J. Salzer.

Archaeological research was conducted in the Apostle Islands and on the extreme northern tip of the mainland Bayfield Peninsula during a fourteen-week period in the Fall of 1979 by students and staff of the Department of Anthropology of Beloit College. The research was coordinated around the structure of an archaeological field school which was under the direction of Robert J. Salzer, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Logan Museum of Anthropology. Site survey techniques...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ray H. Mattison.

The purpose in this study is to determine if presumed lands contain the site of Roosevelt’s Elkhorn Ranch buildings and, if so, authenticate it by historical evidence. In this study, the historian has been compelled to proceed with little tangible evidence as to the exact location of the Elkhorn Ranch buildings. Had Roosevelt owned the land on which his ranches were located, it would have been possible to determine the general location through the county records. Unfortunately, he did not. Very...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bruce Bevan.

A geophysical survey was conducted at the King Williams Narrows Campground in 1987. Three stone circles were visible at the surface during that survey, and there was a radar echo from an object below one of these circles. Since the time of that survey, three additional stone circles have been mapped at the site, and this report is a second look at the geophysical data from those locations. There are no distinctive geophysical patterns at any of the three additional stone circles. Since these...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bruce P. Bessken. Jay Shuler.

Fieldwork was carried out to inventory four areas that will be disturbed by replacement of pit toilets with vault toilets. Investigators looked for surface evidence of cultural materials that may indicate the presence of significant cultural resources, the need for additional exploration, or a change of project site location prior to disturbance of the area from the installation of new vault toilets. Each vault installation will require excavation of a hole approximately four feet deep by five...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Bret Ruby.

In August 1997, the National Park Service proposed actions necessary to maintain the designed historic landscape at George Rogers Clark National Historical Park in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana. The proposed work involved the removal and replacement in kind of existing overgrown vegetation within a 70 m by 20 m tract along the northeast boundary of the park. Because this work involved minor ground disturbance, the National Park Service first conducted an archeological recom1aissance to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Patrick E. Martin.

An archaeological examination was undertaken of several proposed construction/maintenance projects within Isle Royale National Park. The field examinations were conducted during the period May 15 to May 19, in cooperation with National Park staff, with logistical arrangements handled by Park Naturalist Bruce Weber and Maintenance Supervisor Bo Bohannon. This report will describe the methods and results of the fieldwork, will discuss the significance of the findings, and will make some specific...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Christy L. Wells. Joyce A. Williams.

In February 1984, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville was authorized by the Bi-State Development Agency and the National Park Service to conduct archaeological monitoring of the" excavation for a multi-tier parking facility to be constructed at the north end of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Historic Site. The Investigations were undertaken for the purpose of identifying and preserving any significant archaeological resources relating to the theme of western expansion and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Price.

James E. Price was requested to monitor of an areas to be impacted by the installation of fee area signs at Two Rivers, Shawnee Creek, Bay Creek, and Rymers in Ozark National Scenic Riverways. These four campgrounds have been recently designated as fee areas and signs were placed at both locations. The project consisted of digging two holes for each sign. Locations of the signs are exhibited in Figures 1-8 of this report. This work was done 011 September 24, 2003 and was coordinated Brad Conway...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Price.

James E. Price to conduct a Phase I cultural resources assessment of the direct impact zone for the proposed installation of buried power and water lines at Pulltite on the Current River, Shannon County. The installation is proposed to take place in the north-central part of the Pulltite Developed Area. On October 17,2001 James E. Price, Ozark National Scenic Riverways Archeologist, and Renata Culpepper, Archeological Technician, visited the locus of the proposed undertaking. Accompanying him...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Price.

James E. Price was instructed to conduct a Phase I cultural resources assessment of the direct impact zone for the proposed installation of a new restroom/shower structure, a wastewater force main, and a wastewater leach field at Pulltite on the Current River, Shannon County. The installation is proposed to take place in the west-central part of the Pulltite Developed Area. On March 8, 2000 James E. Price, Ozark National Scenic Riverways Archeologist and Renata Coleman, Archeological...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Price.

James E. Price was requested to conduct a Phase I cultural resources assessment of an area to be impacted by buried utility lines to be connected to a new temporary fire cache structure to hold temporary offices near in the present Fire Cache Area off Peavine Road near between Van Buren and Big Spring. The new temporary facility will be situated east of the boat shed and northwest of the duplex staff residential housing (Figure I). Various utility lines will need to be installed in the area...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Price.

James E. Price, OZAR Archeologist, was requested to assess the potential impact on cultural resources of the construction of a pedestrian trail at Devil's Well by Martha Ruhe who was in charge of establishing a route for the trail from Devil's Well southward down Parker Hollow across Pioneer Forest land which is under private ownership. The project involves construction of a trail originating on the north side of Devil's Well and progressing in an arch westward, then southward around the ravine...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Price.

James E. Price was instructed by Kevin McMurry to conduct a Phase I cultural resources assessment of a tract of consisting of the presently fenced area at the Round Spring wastewater treatment plant. On April 26, 2000 James E. Price, Ozark National Scenic Riverways Archeologist, visited the wastewater treatment plant at Round Spring. Accompanying him were Kevin McMurry and Randy Ross. The portion of tile mound on which the treatment plant lies has subsided, causing one end of the building to...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Price.

James E. Price was instructed by Kevin McMurry to conduct a Phase I cultural resources assessment of a tract of land north of Round Spring off Highway 19 where modification of a wastewater treatment plant 8lld spray fields is planned. On April 26, 2000 James E. Price, Ozark National Scenic Riverways Archeologist, visited the wastewater treatment plant and associated spray fields at Round Spring. Accompanying him were Kevin McMurry and Randy Ross. A portion of the mound on which tile treatment...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Price.

James E. Price was requested by Noel Orchard to conduct a Phase I cultural resources assessment of the area to be impacted by the replacement of wires connecting the electronic security system at Shawnee Shop in Shannon County, Missouri. The areas to be impacted were examined on April 26, 2000 by James E. Price, OZAR Archeologist. Noel Orchard explained that Angela Smith and Renata Coleman had previously examined the area when the wires presently serving the security system were installed below...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Price.

James E. Price was requested to conduct an emergency monitoring project of an area to be impacted by a backhoe excavation to be conducted near the in the Big Spring Historic CCC Complex near Building 411. On the morning of July 20, 2003, Billy Smith of ONSR Maintenance informed James E. Price, OZAR Archeologist, that there was a sewer line clog in the area and that it was necessary to use a backhoe to dig up the area at the point where the stoppage was suspected to be. The ground was loose and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Price.

During a thunderstorm on Thursday, July 26, 2001, a major lightning strike hit near Big Spring causing a major power outage to the maintenance buildings and other structures to the south of the Big Spring discharge branch. All major lines were replaced following that event but recently the buried cable that serves Building 420 failed and must be replaced. James E. Price was instructed to provide Section 106 Clearance for the project and fieldwork ensued which is reported herein. The Big...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Price.

During a thunderstorm on Thursday, July 26, 2001, a major lightning strike hit near Big Spring causing a major power outage to the maintenance buildings and other structures to the south of the Big Spring discharge branch. Although that line was replaced, it must have broken or damaged the ancillary power cable that supplies power to the Big Spring Pavilion. The Big Spring Developed Area is listed on The National Register of Historic Places as a district including all the structures constructed...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Price.

James E. Price was requested to conduct a Phase I cultural resources assessment of the area to be impacted by a planned horse trail staging area to be constructed at the Broadfoot Tract northeast of Eminence, Missouri within Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Shannon County. The project area is located between the Current River to the north and the Jacks Fork to the south. On May 16, 2001, James E. Price, OZAR Archeologist, assisted by Renata Coleman, Archeological Technician, visited the project...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Price.

James E. Price was requested to conduct a Phase I cultural resources assessment of the area to be impacted by a planned horse trail staging area to be constructed between Big Shawnee and Little Shawnee Creeks near Shawnee Shop in Ozark National Scenic Riverways. Shannon County. The project area is located east of Eminence, Missouri north of Highway 106, On April 12, 2001, James E. Price, OZAR Archeologist, assisted by Renata Coleman, Archeological Technician, visited the project area and...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Price.

James E. Price was requested to conduct a Phase I cultural resources assessment of the area to be impacted by a prescribed burn, designated as The East Thorny Burn. On March 28, 2002, James E. Price, OZAR Archeologist and Renata Culpepper, Archeological Technician, visited the project and conducted a pedestrian survey of the project, paying particular attention to those areas where there was a probability of being the location of prehistoric or historic archeological sites. Price also examined...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Matthew D. Busch.

The FY 2010 Restoration Project is the first year of a four‐year project directed towards restoring the historic area within Jewel Cave to a more natural condition through the removal of foreign debris and materials. Although this area of the cave had been subject to smaller efforts of intermittent restoration work, this project is the first of its kind in regards to systematic restoration efforts. Work within this section of the cave took place between June 1 and October 1 of FY 2010. Efforts...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ralph J. Hartley. Anne Wolley Vawser.

The Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site (PCMS) has undergone extensive inventory over the last two decades. Although several thousand Native American sites have been recorded within the PCMS boundaries there are 662 that can be used for this analysis. In these cases, the observations were recorded in a consistent fashion. This limited database contains both nominal and categorical variables or fields. Within this data set there are 171 sites that possess observations with at least one of the following...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Clyde D. Dollar.

This report details the cultural and construction history of military Fort Smith built in 1840 at the confluence of the Arkansas and Potaeu Rivers in the state of Arkansas. Historic background on the fort, its officer quarters, cistern, and the use of the site for Coca-Cola production in 1903. Maps, photographs, and recommendations for demolition are included in the report.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Roger T. Saucier.

This writer initiated this investigation of the geomorphology and landscape evolution in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways (ONSR) in 1981 as part of the cultural resources investigation contracted by the National Park Service (NPS) to the Southwest Missouri State University. He has visited the region four times, once for a familiarization reconnaissance in the fall of 1980, once in the summer of 1981 for data collection from area agencies, universities and organizations, and twice in 1982 for...

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This report is a brief summary of work conducted at Ozark horse camp on Saturday, May 19, 1984. A survey was conducted to establish whether or not the proposed area at the horse camp for a vault toilet would be stable and a nonthreatening to the cultural resources at this site. A hand drawn map of the vault toilet testing location is included in this report.

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This report describes the results of a supplemental physical investigation of the extant portions of the north retaining wall at the William Howard Taft National Historic Site. The purpose of the investigation has been to determine, if possible, the extent and condition of remaining historic fabric. The investigation has attempted to enlarge upon the excellent and important work of Mark A. Chavez. In addition, the investigation has also attempted to evaluate the structural stability of the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text John W. Weymouth.

As part of a geophysical survey of an Arkansas Post site near lake Dumond with a crew from the Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service, three 20 m by 20 m blocks were surveyed on the last day in the Village area of the Arkansas Post National Memorial. The surveys were done during the afternoon of April 23, 1998.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Douglas D. Scott.

The park plans to upgrade its telephone and alarm system. Trenching along the palisade was required to lay the new utility lines. Archeological monitoring was required since portions of this area were believed not to have been disturbed by previous excavation activity associated with the fort reconstruction work from 1986-1989.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Charles Ross McCollough.

This report focuses on the historic background of the William Howard Taft National Historic Site. Written by Major Charles Ross McCollough, the report covers the historic grounds of the site both past and present, including photographs and maps.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Deborah K. Bauxar.

Architects Anthony Crosby and Donald E. Hovland, Sr. of the Division of Historic Preservation, Denver Service Center, are currently in the process of developing a structural analysis for a Historic Structure report of the William Howard Taft National Historic Site in Cincinnati, Ohio. September 2-18, 1975 they visited the home in order to study the original structural system and state of repair. Of primary concern this trip was the extent and condition of the 1851 east addition foundation. In...