Reconnaissance Report on Recreational Potentialities of the Braziel Reservoir, North Platte River Basin (Off Stream), Soots Bluff County, Nebraska

Author(s): Russel M. McKown

Year: 1947

Summary

This report is prepared at the request of Region 7 of the Bureau of Reclamation in accordance with their control schedule of August 1947, for the National Park Service, as amended by letter dated December 22, 1947.

The Bureau of Reclamation district office at Casper, Wyoming, was visited on October 30, 1947, and current information on Braziel Reservoir site was secured from District Manager I. J. Matthews. A field study and investigation of the entire reservoir site were made on November 1, 1947, by Landscape Architect Raymond L. Freeman and Engineer Max E. Edgar. A general inspection of Goshen Hole Reservoir, Wyoming, was also made at the same time.

Cite this Record

Reconnaissance Report on Recreational Potentialities of the Braziel Reservoir, North Platte River Basin (Off Stream), Soots Bluff County, Nebraska. Russel M. McKown. 1947 ( tDAR id: 394100) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8M047KN

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Culture
Historic

Site Name
Braziel Site

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Heritage Management • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Braziel Site • Oregon Trail • Recreational Development • Roubidoux Pass • Scotts Bluff National Monument

Geographic Keywords
Braziel Reservoir • Brazil Dam • Casper, Wyoming • Dry Creek Drain • Gerin Irrigation District • Goshen Hole Reservoir • Great Plains • Guernsey Reservoir • Horse Creek • Lake Guernsey • Like Minatare • Lyman • Nebraska • Nebraska (State / Territory) • North Platte River • North Platte River Valley • Platte River • Scotts Bluff Coutny • Signal Butte • Wildcat Hills Recreation Grounds

Temporal Keywords
Historic • Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -104.502; min lat: 39.232 ; max long: -95.098; max lat: 43.133 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Anne Vawser

Contributor(s): Russel M. McKown

Sponsor(s): Smithsonian Institute

Notes

General Note: Multiple tDAR resources were created in the past by the National Archaeological Database. All useful and important information has been combined into this current resource.

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