Cavalier Space Force Station Cultural Resources Archive

Part of: Air Force - Midwest

Collection of documents, data, and images generated from and/or related to archaeological resource and investigations on the Cavalier Space Force Station in North Dakota. The collection was created by tDAR under contract with the USAF and is intended to organize documents, images, and other data from the Cavalier Space Force Station.

Some of the digital resources are organized under several sub-collections, which group together documents from particular investigations or related to certain sites or parts of the base. Other digital objects are included individually. Due to the potential sensitive information included in these documents, users that wish to access documents and images without redaction should contact the cultural resources office at the Cavalier Space Force Station.

Note: Originally named Cavalier Air Force Station, the station was renamed to Cavalier Space Force Station after the creation of the Space Force in 2019. Depending on the date of the resource, it will determine what name is used to refer to the installation.

Site Name Keywords
Building 820 • Building 825 • Building 830 • Building 705 • Building 707 • Building 708 • Building 801 • Building 807 • Building 809 • Building 730

Other Keywords
Cavalier Air Force Station • Cavalier Space Force Station • Perimeter Acquisition Radar • PAR • Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex • Missile Site Radar (MSR) • Remote Sprint Launch (RSL) • SRMSC • Cultural Resource Survey • National Register of Historic Places

Culture Keywords
Cheyenne River Sioux • Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation • Rosebud Sioux Tribe • Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma • Fort Belknap Indian Community • Three Affiliated Tribes of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara • Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation • Standing Rock Sioux Tribe • Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe • Rosebud Sioux

Investigation Types
Heritage Management • Architectural Documentation • Consultation • Architectural Survey • Historic Background Research • Archaeological Overview • Systematic Survey • Reconnaissance / Survey

Temporal Keywords
Cold War Era • Cold War

Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) • North Dakota (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • USA (Country) • North Dakota • Pembina County (County) • Pembina (County) • Cavalier County (County) • Cavalier (County) • Cavalier, North Dakota

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-16 of 16)

Cavalier Air Force Station, Installation Tribal Relations Plan, Pembina County, North Dakota (2021)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Ryan T. Durand. Scott E. Holmquist.
This Installation Tribal Relations Plan (ITRP) serves as an instrument for navigating ongoing government-to-government relationships with Native American tribes as mandated by Air Force Instruction (AFI) 90-2002—Interactions with Federally-Recognized Tribes (United States Air Force [USAF] 23 Aug 2020).
Class III 212-Acre Survey State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Correspondence (2022)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Lorna Meidinger. Scott E. Holmquist.
SHPO Correspondence regarding the Class III 212-acre Survey Report.
Class III: Intensive Cultural Resources Inventory of up to 212 Acres, Cavalier Space Force Station, Pembina County, North Dakota (2022)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Brian Brockman. Jones LeFae. Jacob Spuck.
Stell Environmental Enterprises, Inc. (Stell) performed a Class III: Cultural Resources Inventory of 196.89 acres (ac) managed by Cavalier Space Force Station (SFS) under subcontract agreement 1F-60506 with Argonne National Laboratories (Argonne). Argonne is the prime contractor under contract project EGYNA53201118. Prior to field work, Stell personnel visited the State Historical Society of North Dakota and performed a Class I: Literature Search of the Cavalier SFS and 1- mile buffer of the...
Cultural Resources Survey of the Cavalier Air Force Station, North Dakota (1991)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Lawrence L. Loendorf.
In July 1991, a cultural resource survey was conducted on 50 acres at the PAR site near Cavalier, in the north eastern corner North Dakota. Site records review and on-the-ground examination of the facility (Class III inventory) did not reveal any cultural resources. The amount of construction activity on the site has altered any opportunity for archaeological or historical remains with intact integrity. No additional work related to cultural resources is recommended for the PAR facility at...
Historic American Engineering Record Documentation for the Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex (SRMSC), Volume I and II (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text James Walker. Francis Martin. Sharon Watkins. Mark E. Hubbs. James Zielinski.
The purpose of this document is to establish the history of the SRMSC within the historic Cold War context. Additionally, this document provides a description of the facilities at the SRMSC. The HABS/HAER documentation, which includes narrative descriptions, detailed photographs and construction drawings of each significant structure, provides a permanent archival record of the SRMSC for future historians and scholars. Volume 1 contains the historical context of SRMSC and Volume 2 contains...
Historic Properties of the Cold War Era: 21st Space Wing (Draft Copy) (1995)
DOCUMENT Full-Text John F. Hoffecker. Mandy Whorton.
This draft report presents an inventory of historic properties of the Cold War Era on installations of the 21st Space Wing (U.S. Air Force Space Command). Although the 21st Space Wing was not activated until 1992, after the end of the Cold War, all of the wing installations contain facilities dating to the Cold War Era. These installation's include six geographically separate units (GSUs) widely distributed across North America (which were the primary focus of this Cold War inventory) and a...
Re-Evaluation of the National Register of Historic Places Eligibility of 34 Buildings and Structures and Four Roads Associated with the Perimeter Acquisition Radar Historic District at Cavalier Air Force Station, Pembina County, North Dakota (2009)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Mathia N. Scherer. Anne M. Moore.
The purpose of the architectural investigation was to re-evaluate the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility of the Perimeter Acquisition Radar Historic District (known as Cavalier Air Force Station) of the Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex. Thirty-four buildings/structures and infrastructure elements were re-evaluated at CAFS as a part of the SRMSC during the transition of the facility from the United States Army to the United States Air Force. Previous surveys for the USA...
SHPO: Concurrence Letter Regarding Re-Evaluation 34 Buildings with the Perimeter Acquisition Radar Historic District at Cavalier Air Force Station, Pembina County, North Dakota (2009)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Merlan Paaverud, Jr..
Letter from the North Dakota SHPO concurring with the findings in the report "“Re-Evaluation of the National Register of Historic Places Eligibility of 34 Buildings and Structures and Four Roads Associated with the Perimeter Acquisition Radar Historic District at Cavalier Air Force Station, Pembina County, North Dakota."
SHPO: Correspondence Regarding a Cultural Resources Survey at Cavalier Air Force Station (1992)
DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Sperry. Michael E. Simonson. Inga Treitler.
Correspondence from State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) concurring with finding of no cultural resources as presented in the report the Cultural Resources Survey of the Cavalier Air Force Station (AFS), Cavalier, North Dakota.
SHPO: Section 106 Project Undertaking Review at Cavalier Air Force Station (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Ryan T. Durand.
SHPO Correspondence regarding the Section 106 Undertaking Review for construction of a water tower at Cavalier Air Force Station. Includes SHPO concurrence of "No Adverse Effect" for this project.
Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Cultural Resource Management Plan (1999)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert M. Adams. Douglas Cubbison. Michael Emrick. Jerry Greenwood. Mark E. Hubbs. Philip J.M. Thomason. Sharon Watkins.
The intent of this CRMP is to insure that historic preservation requirements are addressed and taken into consideration during any type of planning at SRMSC which may impact these resources. These requirements will be incorporated into normal operations and maintenance, land use planning, annual work plans, military construction planning and design and preservation, restoration and rehabilitation of National Register of Historic Places (NR) eligible buildings.
Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Historic American Engineering Record (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Lee Giles.
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) for the Stanley R. Michelsen Safeguard Complex (SRMSC).
Summary Report of the Cavalier Air Force Station Tribal Relations Meeting, Grand Forks, North Dakota, September 13, 2017 (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Stephen Hobbs.
In compliance with Air Force Instruction 90-2002, Air Force Interactions with Federally-Recognized Tribes, Cavalier Air Force Station (CAFS) conducted its first annual tribal relationship-building meeting on September 13, 2017, in Grand Forks, North Dakota. This meeting was focused on creating ongoing relationships between CAFS and tribal governments, beyond consultation dialogues that take place regarding the potential for adverse effects on cultural and natural resources by CAFS proposed...
Summary Report of the Cavalier Air Force Station Tribal Relations Site Visit, Cavalier, North Dakota, September 11, 2018 (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Stell. Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute.
This summary report details the results of the first Tribal Relations Site Visit coordinated for Cavalier Air Force Station (CAFS), Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (THPOs), and Historic Preservation Specialists held on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 in Cavalier, North Dakota. The goal of the site visit was to continue developing and maintaining government-to-government relationships with Native American Tribes that have ancestral cultural affiliation to CAFS. The site visit was planned...
Summary Report: North Dakota Air Force Regional Tribal Relations Meeting, March 21-22, Grand Forks Air Force Base, Minot Air Force Base, and Cavalier Air Force Station (2018)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Stell. Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute.
This summary report details the results of the First Air Force Regional Tribal Relations Meeting hosted by Grand Forks Air Force Base (GFAFB), Minot Air Force Base (MAFB), and Cavalier Air Force Station (CAFS), on March 21 and 22, 2018 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. This was the first regional-style meeting to include all three North Dakota Air Force Installations. The goal of the meeting was to continue developing and maintaining government-to-government relationships with Native American Tribes...
U.S. Air Force Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan, Cavalier Air Force Station (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Pamela K. Miller. John M. Koehler II.
This Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan (ICRMP) was developed to provide for effective management and protection of cultural resources. It summarizes the history and prehistory of the installation and reviews past historical and archaeological survey efforts. It outlines and assigns responsibilities for the management of cultural resources, discusses related concerns, and provides standard operating procedures (SOPs) that will help to manage or preserve the cultural resources of the...