Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park Reports and Documentation
Part of: Arizona State Parks Reports and Documentation
This collection contains reports pertinent to Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park. Document types may include site stabilization reports, site evaluation or survey reports, expert consultations, ground disturbance monitoring, excavation reports, architectural documentation or survey, heritage management plans and evaluations, historic background research, and inventory and records searches.
Site Type Keywords
Non-Domestic Structures •
Archaeological Feature •
Prison •
Midden •
Ball Court •
Structure •
Historic Structure •
Artifact Scatter •
Trash Midden •
School
Other Keywords
Crock •
Bone (Animal) •
Can •
Bottle •
Newspaper •
Plate •
Tool •
Glass Bottle •
Brick •
Advertisement
Culture Keywords
Historic
Investigation Types
Historic Background Research •
Ground Disturbance Monitoring •
Consultation •
Data Recovery / Excavation •
Reconnaissance / Survey •
Site Stabilization
Material Types
Metal •
Ceramic •
Glass •
Fauna •
Building Materials •
Wood •
Bone •
Mortar •
Mammal •
Stoneware
Temporal Keywords
Historic •
20th Century •
19th Century •
1890s •
1900s •
1870s •
1880s •
1920s •
1910s
Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) •
United States of America (Country) •
Yuma County (County) •
North America (Continent) •
Imperial County (County) •
California (State / Territory) •
Yuma, AZ •
Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park •
Yuma (County) •
Sonoran Desert
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Analysis of Historic Artifacts and Faunal Material From Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park (1999)
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Cathy Johnson of Arizona State Parks asked Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) to analyze historic material recovered from salvage excavations at the Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park (AZ X:6:90(ASM)), which was used from 1876 to 1909. The artifacts were unexpectedly encountered during the demolition of a deteriorating adobe wall. This wall will be replaced by a reproduction of the original 18-ft walls that enclosed the old prison yard. Most of the artifacts were recovered...
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Archaeological Monitoring for a Subsurface Electricity Line and Guard Rail Footings at Yuma Territorial State Historic Park (1992)
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Arizona State Parks has completed archaeological monitoring for excavations associated with park improvements at Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park, Yuma, Arizona. Excavations consisted of footings for a guard rail and a trench for an electricity line. Monitoring was conducted on Wednesday and Thursday, September 16 and 17, and Tuesday, November 10, 1992, by Laurene G. Montero, Archaeologist for Arizona State Parks. This work was accomplished pursuant to ARS 41-861 through 41-864 of the...
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A Cultural Resources Survey for Improvements at the Yuma Territorial Prison State Park, Yuma County, Arizona (2000)
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The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) proposes to improve a parking lot at the Yuma Territorial Prison State Park. The prison is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The construction will involve resurfacing the existing blacktop, placing gravel over a dirt parking area, widening a road to add parking spaces, and removing a 1949 sidewalk near the picnic area. Under their on-call contract with ADOT, Kimley-Hom & Associates, Inc., requested Archaeological Consulting...
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Salvage Excavations in the New Yard at Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park, Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona (1999)
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In 1993 Arizona State Parks received an Arizona Heritage Fund/State Historic Preservation Office grant to rebuild the historic wall that originally surrounded the New Yard at Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park(AZ X:6:90(ASM)). The project entailed removing a reconstructed adobe wall and replicating the original adobe wall, which was originally built by the prisoners in 1900. Although a previous archaeology survey noted that subsurface cultural remains may be present surface indications...
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Yuma City River Park/Yuma Territorial Prison Historic Trash Dump Site (2001)
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A historic trash dump site was discovered by the City of Yuma while excavating a handicap access sidewalk for a washroom facility building below the Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park and a City River Park. The excavation area is partially on City property and State Land (Arizona State Parks). The area of concern is in a recently excavated cut-bank containing historic trash; large mammal bones (cow), glass, metal, porcelain, and ceramics. Approximately 10-15 artifacts and 50+ bones and...
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Yuma Wall Stabilization, Yuma Territorial State Prison, Arizona (1981)
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The State Parks Board and department personnel have expressed the desirablility of developing a wall finish over the existing caliche material that could achieve the texture and color of the original white plaster used in the early 1900s. Previous work with cast-in-place concrete on a similar wall in the New Yard area was completed at a cost of $25.00 to $32.00 per square foot of wall face. A built-up roof frame was also considered in this report. Due to the natural appearance of the other...