Cultural Resources Management Plan
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Clear Creek County, Colorado Cultural Resources Management Plan Mines, Waldorf, Colorado 1906–1913 Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy MCC-696 Prepared for Board of County Commissioners Clear Creek County, Colorado Prepared by David W. Cushman, M.A., RPA December 2010 SRI Foundation 333 Rio Rancho Drive, NE, Suite 103 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 Contents List of Figures............................................................................................................................4 List of Tables .............................................................................................................................5 Acknowledgments......................................................................................................................6 Executive Summary...................................................................................................................7 Definition of Terms/Acronyms................................................................................................10 Chapter 1: Introduction Purpose.....................................................................................................................................12 Report Organization.................................................................................................................13 Chapter 2: Project Background Establishment of the Steering Committee................................................................................14 Role of the Steering Committee...............................................................................................14 Steering Committee .................................................................................................................15 Steering Committee Meetings..................................................................................................15 Community Values ..................................................................................................................16 Chapter 3: Baseline Information Purpose.....................................................................................................................................18 Historical Context ....................................................................................................................18 Mining..........................................................................................................................18 Transportation..............................................................................................................21 Recreation ....................................................................................................................22 Logging........................................................................................................................23 Ranching ......................................................................................................................24 The Data...................................................................................................................................24 Project Area and Planning Units..............................................................................................25 Identification Results ...............................................................................................................27 Mining..........................................................................................................................33 Settlement ....................................................................................................................35 Transportation..............................................................................................................37 Complexes....................................................................................................................39 Discussion................................................................................................................................42 Chapter 4: Cultural Resource Evaluations Purpose.....................................................................................................................................44 State and National Registers of Historic Places.......................................................................44 Data Source..............................................................................................................................45 Data Limitations.......................................................................................................................46 Evaluation Results ...................................................................................................................47 Properties Listed on the State and National Registers.................................................48 Properties Determined to be National Register Eligible..............................................50 Properties Recommended by the Steering Committee ................................................51 Discussion................................................................................................................................55 2 Chapter 5: Sources of Potential Cultural Resource Loss Purpose.....................................................................................................................................57 Data Sources ............................................................................................................................57 Sources of Potential Effect to Priority Cultural Resources......................................................57 Environmental Sources ................................................................................................57 Recreation ....................................................................................................................59 Land Use and Development.........................................................................................60 Potential Effects from Future Development Activity ..................................................62 Discussion................................................................................................................................63 Chapter 6: Management Options Purpose.....................................................................................................................................65 Steering Committee Management Options..............................................................................65 Consultant Discussion..............................................................................................................68 Chapter 7: Summary and Conclusions Summary of CRMP Findings...................................................................................................71 Future of Cultural Resource Management in Clear Creek County..........................................74 References...............................................................................................................................76 Appendixes Appendix A: CRMP Steering Committee Members ...............................................................79 Appendix B: Draft Supplemental Criteria ...............................................................................80 Appendix C: Cultural Resources Listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places .........................................................................................................................81 Appendix D: Cultural Resources Officially Determined National Register Eligible..............82 Appendix E: Cultural Resources Recommended by the CRMP Steering Committee.............87 Appendix F: List of Cultural Resources Potentially Affected by Environmental Factors ......91 Appendix G: List of Cultural Resources Potentially Affected by Recreational Access..........98 Appendix H: List of Cultural Resources Potentially Affected by Land Use Development ..103 3 List of Figures Figure 1. Location of CRMP Project Area within Clear Creek County ...............................map Figure 2. Location of 890 cultural resources within CRMP Project Area............................map Figure 3. Frequency of construction/occupations by decade...................................................28 Figure 4. Location of cultural resources surveys in Clear Creek County.............................map Figure 5. Distribution of cultural resources in CRMP Project Area by resource type .........map Figure 6. Location of complexes/study areas in the CRMP Project Area ............................map Figure 7. Location of 12 cultural resources within the CRMP Project Area listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places..............................................................map Figure 8. Location of 61 cultural resources within the CRMP Project Area eligible for listing in the State and National Registers of Historic Places.........................................map Figure 9. Location of 50 cultural resources within the CRMP Project Area recommended as historically significant by the Steering Committee...................................map Figure 10. Distribution of all Priority Cultural Resources by resource evaluation category.................................................................................................................................map Figure 11. Distribution of Priority Cultural Resources Potentially affected by elevation and slope................................................................................................................map