Preliminary Appraisal of the Archeological Resources of Onion Flat, Soral Creek, and Raft Lake Reservoirs, Big Horn River Basin, Fremont County, Wyoming

Author(s): Richard P. Wheeler

Year: 1949

Summary

Archeological Investigations of the proposed Onion Flat, Soral Creek, and Raft Lake reservoirs, in the Big Horn River Basin, Fremont County, Wyoming, were made in June and July, 1949, by the Missouri River Basin Survey, Smithsonian Institution, The reservoirs are irrigation projects of the Bureau of Reclamation (see map accompanying this report), The surveys, made in accord with the memorandum of understanding between the Smithsonian Institution and the National Park Service, were undertaken in order to discover any archeological remains in the future pool areas and to determine whether there are sites of major importance in these areas which should be excavated prior to the filling of the reservoirs. Preliminary topographic maps of the Onion Flat and Soral Creek reservoirs were furnished by the Bureau of Reclamation, Road maps of Fremont County, Wyoming and of the Wind River Indian Reservation were used in exploring the Raft Lake Reservoir area. The work was done by Richard P. Wheeler, archeologist, and Neil J. Isto, student helper.

Cite this Record

Preliminary Appraisal of the Archeological Resources of Onion Flat, Soral Creek, and Raft Lake Reservoirs, Big Horn River Basin, Fremont County, Wyoming. Richard P. Wheeler. 1949 ( tDAR id: 40656) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8W09835

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Keywords

Culture
Arapahoe • Shoshone

Material
Chipped Stone • Chipped Stone Tool • Chopper • Cores • Drill • Fauna • Ground Stone • Ground Stone Tools • Hammerstone • Horn Sheath • Mano • Projectile points • Scraper • Wood

Site Name
48FR76 • Fort Washakie

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Lithic Scatter • Temporary Campsite

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Data Recovery / Excavation • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Archaeological Resources • Archeological Resources • Big Horn River Basin Survey • Faunal Remains • Mancos Shale • Mano • Mixed Conifer • Triassic Chugwater Formation • Upper Cretaceous • Wind River Indian Reservation

Geographic Keywords
56013 (Fips Code) • Big Horn River Basin • Continental Divide • Devil Dive Creek • Fremont (County) • Lander (County) • Little Popo Agie River • Little Popo Agie River Basin • Little Wind River • Little Wind River Drainage • Montana (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • Onion Flat Reservoir • Raft Lake Reservoir • Sagebrush Grass Zone • Soral Creek Reservoir • United States of America (Country) • Wyoming (State / Territory)

Temporal Keywords
Pleistocene • Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -110.054; min lat: 42.261 ; max long: -107.501; max lat: 44.009 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Anne Vawser

Contributor(s): Richard P. Wheeler; Neil J. Isto; Bureau of Reclamation; National Park Service

Field Director(s): Waldo R. Wedel

Prepared By(s): Missouri Valley Project River Basins Surveys, Smithsonian Institution

Submitted To(s): Missouri River Basin Recreation Survey, Region 2, National Park Service

Record Identifiers

NADB document id number(s): 900132

NADB citation id number(s): 000000111445

Notes

General Note: Relative 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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