Appendix K Cultural Resources
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————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————— DEADMANS RUN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA SECTION 205 – FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT FEASIBILITY REPORT APPENDIX K CULTURAL RESOURCES MARCH 2018 Cultural Resources Background The following cultural history summary is taken from Simons, et. al. (2012). Archaeologists generally divide the pre-contact cultural sequence of the Great Plains into two pre-ceramic and three ceramic stages. The earliest pre-ceramic stage is often designated the Paleoindian Period and dated from more than 10000 to about 4500 BC. Following the first pre-ceramic stage is the Archaic Period, which dates from 4500 BC to AD 1. The first ceramic stage, the Plains Woodland Period, dates from AD 1 to 950. The next ceramic stage, termed the Plains Village Period, dates from AD 950 to 1500. The final pre-contact stage in the Great Plains, known as the Late Prehistoric, Proto-historic, or Post-Classic stage, dates from AD 1500 to 1800. Following the pre-contact stages in the Great Plains is the historic period, which generally dates from AD 1800 to the present. During the final pre-contact stage, considerable overlap with the historic period occurs because of the introduction of European cultural influence and technology. It was also the beginning of the written accounts of events. The stages of cultural development in the Plains are defined by changes in technology, settlement, and subsistence. None of the cultural stages is considered confined to their particular range of dates and can fluctuate across regions within the Great Plains. During the last 2,000 years, the Great Plains witnessed considerable changes in the distributions of native peoples. A variety of peoples have moved in (and out) of the Plains. A primary attraction was bison hunting, often coupled with increasing reliance upon horticulture, especially in the eastern portion of the Plains. This changing cultural landscape is reflected in the region’s prehistoric archaeological record, outlined above. Among the groups coming into the vicinity of the present project area were speakers of Caddoan languages, prominent among which were the Pawnee, who probably entered the region around 1,000 years ago from the south. Several hundred years later, speakers of the Chiwere group of Siouan languages split off from the Winnebago living in the vicinity of the western Great Lakes region. Their southwestward movements are represented archaeologically by the Oneota Tradition . This group split into three tribes; the Iowa, Missouri, and Otoe, who largely settled west of the Mississippi River and east/south from the Missouri River. By approximately 300-250 years ago, the Otoe were in southeastern Nebraska. There, they probably occupied lands formerly inhabited by the Pawnee whose population shifted westward to more actively pursue bison hunting following introduction of the horse. The advance of the Euro Americans into the area came in the form of three distinct frontiers. The first was the movement of the fur traders into the region. While they were few in number, the changes created by the traders in the Indian way of life were tremendous, and the successful advance of the later military and agricultural frontiers was in part dependent on these changes. The advances in major means of transportation shaped, and modified these advancing frontiers. These advances in transportation include the development of river transportation and the use of the steamboat, the development of the inland road system with its military roads and stage and freight lines, and finally the great mover of the area, the railroad. Local folklore attributes the name “Dead Man’s Run” to one of two stories, as described below by Jim McKee of the Lincoln Journal Star and the former Lee Booksellers: “There are two stories which relate to Dead Man's Run. Either one may be partially correct or totally wrong but the stories are all we have and seem to persist to this day. One thing to keep in mind is that the word "run" also means a creek or small bit of running water. One version has a family travelling on the trail which went through Weeping Water to Lincoln and stopping for the night on the south bank of the creek about where Gateway Shopping Center now sits. A son was sent down to the creek for water and when there he saw a dead man lying beside the stream. He ran back for his father and when they got back the body was gone...he had "run." The man who told the story about himself as a young man later became an elected official in Lincoln and was never known for fabricating stories so it may have a basis in fact. The other story is a bit more fanciful. A man was being pursued on foot by two American Indians who chased him to the banks of the stream where he collapsed. They took him for dead and left, but he was playing possum and "run."” Existing conditions There are ten properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places within one mile of the study boundary. No listed properties are within the study area. Historic Place Name Address Wyuka Cemetery 3600 O St. Kiesselbach, Theodore A., House 3232 Holdrege St. Burnett, Edgar A., House 3256 Holdrege St. St. Charles Apartments 4717 Baldwin Ave. University Place Historic Residential District Roughly Walker Ave. (51st-54Sts.), Leighton Ave. (49th-53rd Sts.) Old Main, Nebraska Wesleyan University 50th and St. Paul Sts. Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity House 5305 Huntington Ave. First State Bank of Bethany 1551 N. Cotner Blvd. Beattie, James A., House 6706 Colby St. Whitehall 5903 Walker A final file search with the Nebraska State Historical Society dated December 21, 2017, revealed five sites recorded within .25 miles of the study boundary. No sites are recorded within the study area. Site Number Description 25LC90 Prehistoric artifact scatter 25LC506 Capital Mills- historic foundation/artifacts 25 LC99 Historic artifacts 25LC193 Stuart Seed Lab- historic standing or collapsed buildings/ artifacts 25LC106 Historic artifacts In addition, there is one Pratt pony truss bridge crossing Dead Man’s Run at 38th St. on UNL’s East Campus, and one steel stringer bridge (formerly Missouri Pacific Railroad, now pedestrian use only on the Mopac Trail). Both structures are listed with construction dates of 1971. References http://www.northeast59.com/class_forum.cfm. Message #444. Accessed June 30, 2015. Parks, Stanley, Stacy Stupka-Burda, and Susan Tanner 1998 1997 Archeological Inventory and Testing of the Antelope Valley Major Investment Study Area, Lincoln, Nebraska. Parks, Stanley M. and Stacy Stupka-Burda 2000 Archeological Inventory and National Register Testing of Sites 25LC90, 25LC99, and 25LC506, Antelople Valley Study Area, Lincoln, NE: An Addendum To: 1997 Archeological Inventory and Testing of the Antelope Valley Major Investment Study Area, Lincoln, Nebraska. Simons, et. al. 2012 A Cultural Resources Survey of Three Reservoirs in the Salt Creek Watershed, Lancaster County, Nebraska. Heritage Services. Prepared for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, under Contract Number W9128F-11-P-0153. .