Exhibit G-Cultural Resources Survey North Lexington Urban Subdivision

CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF THE NORTH LEXINGTON PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA, COWLITZ COUNTY, WASHINGTON.

By Brendan Gauthier, B.A and Alexander Gall, M.A., R.P.A.

Report Prepared for: Jeff Rauth 360-751-5803 [email protected]

County: Cowlitz Legal Desc.: NE 1/4, Section 10, T 8N, R 2W USGS Quad.: Kelso, WA Project Acreage: Approx. 15.91-Acres DAHP Project No.: 2018-12-09553

October 6th , 2019

Archaeological Services LLC Report No. 19890

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Executive Summary

Archaeological Services, LLC (ASCC) has carried out a cultural resources survey of the North Lexington Planned Unit Development project area, located in the Rocky Point neighborhood ,north of the community of Lexington in Cowlitz County, Washington. The proposed project entails the construction of a residential community consisting of 43 single family residential lots as well as two 40-unit apartment complexes with accompanying roadway improvements and parking. The proposed project is subject to review under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), requiring that an archaeological survey of the proposed area of potential effects (APE) be carried out ahead of project implementation and permitting. The survey carried out by ASCC included background research as well as surface and subsurface investigations of the proposed project area. No cultural resources were identified at any point of investigation and therefore ASCC is recommending that no further archaeological work is necessary before development of the proposed project area commences.

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Contents

Executive Summary ...... i List of Figures ...... iii Introduction ...... 1 Regulatory Context ...... 3 Description of the Project Area ...... 6 Environment ...... 9 Vegetation ...... 9 Soils ...... 10 Background and Literature Research ...... 11 Ethnographic Overview ...... 11 Previous Archaeology ...... 20 Historic Property Review ...... 21 Field Investigation Methods and Results ...... 21 Surface Survey ...... 22 Subsurface Survey ...... 24 Summary ...... 28 Recommendations ...... 28 Inadvertent Discovery Language ...... 29 References ...... 30

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List of Figures

Figure 2. Aerial photomap showing existing conditions within project area...... 4

Figure 3. Preliminary site plans for development of the project area. Provided by the applicant...... 5

Figure 4. Southwest facing overview of project area taken from northeast corner...... 6

Figure 5. South facing overview of project area taken from northeast corner...... 7

Figure 6. West facing overview of the project area taken from the northeast corner...... 7

Figure 7. West facing photograph of the single-family residence located within Parcel- 62245...... 8

Figure 8. West facing photograph of detached garage located within Parcel-62245...... 8

Figure 9. West facing photograph of barn located within Parcel-62245. This barn will be impacted by the activity of the proposed project and so will be documented with an Historic Properties Inventory Form...... 9

Figure 10 Portion of the 1857 GLO Cadastral Survey Map of Township 8 North Range 2 East overlaid with USGS approximate project area boundaries...... 16

Figure 11. Portion of the 1863 GLO Cadastral Survey Map of Township 8 North Range 2 East overlaid with approximate project area boundaries...... 17

Figure 12. A portion of the 1921 Kelso USGS quadrangle showing the project area vicinity. 1:62,500 ratio scale...... 18

Figure 13. 1951 USGS aerial photograph overlaid with the USGS Kelso Quadrangle, Washington, 7.5-minute Series, 2017 with highlighted project area boundaries ...... 19

Figure 14. 1970 USGS aerial photograph overlaid with the USGS Kelso Quadrangle, Washington, 7.5-minute Series, 2017 with highlighted project area boundaries...... 20

Figure 15. Northeast facing photograph taken from the southwest corner of the project area showing ground surface conditions at the time of the investigation...... 22

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Figure 16. Aerial photomap overlaid with the project area boundaries and the approximate extent and orientation of transects walked by ASCC...... 23

Figure 17. Aerial photomap of existing conditions within project area overlaid with approximate location of the shovel test probe excavated by ASCC...... 25

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Introduction Archaeological Services, LLC (ASCC) contracted with Jeff Rauth to provide cultural resource services of the North Lexington Planned Unit Development project area, located in the Rocky Point neighborhood, north of the community of Lexington, in southwestern Cowlitz County, Washington (Figure 1). The project area is located on the south/west side of the Cowlitz River at river mile 10.5. The proposed project entails the construction of a residential community on three adjacent, currently vacant parcels (Parcels 6221301, 62244 and 62245) totaling 15.91-acres in size (Figure 2). The North Lexington Planned Unit Development project’s area of potential effect, hereafter referred to as the project area, is in the residentially developed Rocky Point neighborhood north of the community of Lexington in Cowlitz County, Washington. The project area is located approximately 30 meters (98.4 feet) southwest of the Cowlitz River at river mile 9.25. The project area is bound to the north and west by existing residences, to the south by McCorkle Creek and bound to the east by Westside Highway. The project area’s address is 1941 Westside Highway. The project area is located 0.3 miles (0.48 km) west of Riverside Community Park, 0.45 miles (0.72 km) south of the confluence of Leckler Creek with the Cowlitz River, 1.24 miles (2.0 km) north of Rocky Point and 3.5 miles north of downtown Kelso.

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Figure 1. Portion of the USGS Kelso Quadrangle, Washington, 7.5-minute Series, 2017, overlaid with the location of the project area in the NE ¼ of Section 10, Township 8 North, Range 2 West, Willamette Meridian. ASCC 19890 North Lexington Planned Unit Development, Cowlitz County, WA 2 A R C H A E O L O G I C A L S E R V I C E S L L C 601 Officers Row Vancouver, WA 98661 (360) 260-8614 archaeologicalservices.com

Regulatory Context

The project is subject to review under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) which identifies and analyzes environmental impacts associated with governmental decisions. These decisions may be related to issuing permits for private projects, constructing public facilities, or adopting regulations, policies, and plans. The SEPA review process helps agency decision-makers, applicants, and the public understand how the entire proposal will affect the environment including historic properties and archaeological sites. The APE for direct effects for this project is limited to the footprint for ground disturbance, which is entirely contained within the three subject parcels.

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Figure 2. Aerial photomap showing existing conditions within project area.

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Figure 3. Preliminary site plans for development of the project area. Provided by the applicant. ASCC 19890 North Lexington Planned Unit Development, Cowlitz County, WA 5 A R C H A E O L O G I C A L S E R V I C E S L L C 601 Officers Row Vancouver, WA 98661 (360) 260-8614 archaeologicalservices.com

Description of the Project Area The project area is comprised of the entirety of adjacent Parcels 62231001 (10.97- acres), 62244 (3.00-acres) & 62245 (1.94-acres) which totals 15.91-acres of land. Terrain throughout the project area is relatively flat resting at about 90 feet above mean sea level (amsl). No wetlands or water courses exist within the immediate project area. McCorkle Creek parallels the southern project area boundary and project proponents are actively observing a 50-foot riparian buffer north of McCorkle Creek. The Cowlitz River is located 130 feet northeast of the project area.

There are three structures currently standing within the project area which are all located in the southeast corner of the project area within Parcel-62245. The standing structures include: one single family residence circa 1930, one detached garage circa 1965 and one western style barn from the 1940s. Of these buildings, the barn is the only one that will be impacted as a result of the proposed project, which calls for its demolition. ASCC has completed one Historic Property Inventory (HPI) Form for the barn (see Appendix A).

Figure 4. Southwest facing overview of project area taken from northeast corner.

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Figure 5. South facing overview of project area taken from northeast corner.

Figure 6. West facing overview of the project area taken from the northeast corner.

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Figure 7. West facing photograph of the single-family residence located within Parcel-62245.

Figure 8. West facing photograph of detached garage located within Parcel-62245.

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Figure 9. West facing photograph of barn located within Parcel-62245. Environment The project area is located in the far southeast portion of the Willapa Hills geologic province. The Willapa Hills formation is result of several major volcanic and glacial geological events, most recently having experienced glacial advance and retreat during the Pleistocene. This glacial activity caused periodic flooding which stripped the landform of soil and talus while widening the Columbia River Gorge (DNR 2019). The climate is relatively mild throughout the year, with cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers (Franklin and Dyrness 1988). Vegetation The project area is located in Franklin and Dyrness's (1988) regional Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) vegetation zone. This zone encompasses woodlands between the Pacific Ocean and the Cascade Mountains up to roughly 700 meters (2296 feet) above mean sea level (amsl). Dominant elements of this forest community include Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), and western red cedar (Thuja plicata) with few hardwood species. In specialized habitats, such as riparian zones or recently disturbed areas, red alder (Alnus rubra), bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum), and golden chinquapin (Castanopsis chrysophlla) are widespread. Along major watercourses, black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) and Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia) are dominant woodland species. Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana) is commonly found in drier soils, often thriving in areas too fire-damaged for evergreen species. Common forest understory plants throughout the zone include vine maple (Acer circinatum), hawthorn (Crataegus douglasii), wild rose (Rosa gymnocarpa), blackberry (Rubus

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Ap--0 to 11 inches (0-28 cm); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) dry; strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; many fine and medium roots; many fine tubular pores; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary. (9 to 12 inches {22.9-30.5 cm} thick)

AB--11 to 19 inches (28- 48.3 cm); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam, brown (10YR 5/3) dry; strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky and slightly plastic; many fine and medium roots in the upper 3 inches and common fine roots in the lower 5 inches; many fine interstitial pores; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary. (7 to 10 inches {17.8-25.4 cm} thick)

Bw1--19 to 42 inches (48.3-106.7 cm); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) dry; moderate medium prismatic structure that parts to moderate fine subangular blocky; hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common fine roots; many fine and few coarse tubular pores; moderately acid; diffuse smooth boundary.

Bw2--42 to 69 inches (106.7- 175.3 cm); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam, brown (10YR 5/3) dry; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few fine roots; many fine and few coarse tubular pores; moderately acid; gradual smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bw horizon is 20 to 40 inches {50.8-101.6cm})

C--69 to 80 inches (175.3- 203.2 cm); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) dry; common medium distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) mottles, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) dry; massive; hard, friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few fine roots in the upper 3 inches and none below; many fine and few coarse tubular pores; moderately acid.

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Background and Literature Research ASCC carried out ethnographic, historic, and archaeological background research using materials from the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation’s (DAHP’s) online Washington Information System for Architectural and Archaeological Records Data (WISAARD), as well as resources located at the ASCC library and online. Materials reviewed included Washington State Archaeological Site Inventory files, cultural resource survey reports, historical aerial imagery, General Land Offices (GLO) survey maps, and United States Geological Survey (USGS) topographic maps. This research was used to identify any previously recorded historic properties, including archaeological sites, which could be affected by the proposed project, to assess the probability of encountering archaeological resources in the field, and to establish an interpretive context for any materials encountered. Ethnographic Overview The prehistoric record of the Lower Columbia River is assumed to extend back to at least 10,000 before present (BP) based on the earliest occupation dates from The Dalles area, and key fishing sites on the Columbia River. However, the archaeological record of the Lower Columbia River has been impacted by sea level rise, flood events, and alluvial deposition throughout the Holocene. This has resulted in few sites in the lower Columbia River floodplain with dates older than 2,000 BP. The earliest sites in the lower estuary are generally located on upland terraces (Pettigrew 1990). At the time of Euro-American contact, the Cowlitz River drainage was is home to the Salish-speaking Lower Cowlitz people. The Cowlitz centered their tribal territories on major salmon streams (Hajda 1990). The Cowlitz also had access to the productive inland prairies that were maintained through burning (Boyd, ed. 1999). Salish-speaking groups practiced extensive trade with each other; Cowlitz and Upper Chehalis would trade surplus camas for sturgeon and other maritime staples with the Lower Chehalis, the Quinault, and groups along the Columbia River (Hajda 1990). Dentalium shells served as the primary medium of exchange when direct goods-for-goods trading was not an option. Intermarriage between the groups encouraged such productive relationships although conflict sometimes disrupted these relationships (Hajda 1990). Lower Cowlitz occupied approximately 30 villages along the Cowlitz River from present-day Mossyrock southward to within a mile or two of the Columbia River (The Columbian 1994). The Upper Cowlitz, or Taidnapam (also Western Klickitat), were a Sahaptin- speaking people who started crossing the Cascade Mountains from the east after the introduction of the horse to the region. Sahaptin-speaking newcomers such as the Taidnapam may have adopted many of the practices of the Lower Cowlitz, which may have led early settlers in the region to consider them of the same tribal ethnicity as the Lower Cowlitz (Hajda 1990). As more Euro-American families arrived looking for productive land, the settlers asked Congress to authorize a ASCC 19890 North Lexington Planned Unit Development, Cowlitz County, WA 11 A R C H A E O L O G I C A L S E R V I C E S L L C 601 Officers Row Vancouver, WA 98661 (360) 260-8614 archaeologicalservices.com territorial government. However, during treaty sessions with area tribes in 1855, the Cowlitz declined to sign away their rights. As a result, the Cowlitz remained on their land but were not a federally recognized tribe until 2002. After years of having their tribal headquarters in Longview, the Cowlitz Tribe was granted its first reservation after the Federal Government’s decision in 2014 to take 152 acres in Clark County near La Center into trust for the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. In addition to the Cowlitz, indigenous inhabitants of the vicinity of the project area at the time of Euro-American contact include the Chinookan-speaking peoples (Silverstein 1990). The term Chinook refers to both a linguistic classification as well as a cultural one (Ruby and Brown 1976). Early on, Euro-American traders used the term to refer to the indigenous people living on the Pacific shore from Willapa Bay to Tillamook Head, along the Columbia River from its mouth to The Dalles and a short distance up the Willamette to its falls (Silverstien 1990). Today, the classification of the Chinook subgroups is a result of both cultural-geographical and linguistic divisions. Linguistically, the Chinookan people exhibited two major dialects – Upper and Lower Chinook. Lower Chinook had two minor dialects – Chinook proper and Clatsop (Ruby and Brown 1976). The former population had their primary villages on Willapa Bay with satellite villages at the mouth of the Columbia, especially along Baker Bay and the latter with their primary villages around present-day Seaside, Oregon. Geographically, the Lower Chinook occupied the land from around the mouth of the Columbia River upstream to Tongue Point on the south shore and Grays Bay on the north shore (Silverstein 1990). The Upper Chinook dialect had numerous variations. These variations have been classified into three major dialects – the Cathlamet, the Multnomah, and the Clackamas (Silverstein 1990). The Cathlamet were the next dialect group upriver from the Lower Chinook, named for the residents of a village recorded by Lewis and Clark on the south shore about 10 miles upstream from Tongue Point. Their range extended upstream to about the Kalama River. The Cathlamet range also included villages inhabited by other groups such as the Clatskanies, the Skilloots, and the Wakaikam (to name a few) whose intermarriage and geographic overlap blurs the line of distinction between these groups (Silverstein 1990). Chinookan villages and clusters of villages, which have been called tribes, were the permanent villages that formed the small ethnolinguistic groups traditionally identified by ethnographers (Boyd and Hajda 1987). Most of the permanent villages were positioned near the mouths of tributaries entering the Columbia River. On their return journey home, Lewis and Clark make mention of the Skillute people in the vicinity when Lewis writes: the principal village of these Skillutes reside on the lower side of the Cow-e- lis'-kee river [Cowlitz River] a few miles from it's entrance into the columbia. these people are said to be numerous. in their dress, habits, manners and language they differ but little from the Clatsops Chinnooks &c. they have latterly been at war with Chinnooks but peace is said now to be restored between them, but their intercourse is not yet resumed. no Chinnooks come ASCC 19890 North Lexington Planned Unit Development, Cowlitz County, WA 12 A R C H A E O L O G I C A L S E R V I C E S L L C 601 Officers Row Vancouver, WA 98661 (360) 260-8614 archaeologicalservices.com

above the marshey islands nor do the Skillutes visit the mouth of the Columbia. the Clatsops, Cathlahmahs and Wackkiacums are the carriers between these nations being in alliance with both. at the distance of 2 m. above the village at which we breakfasted we passed the entrance of this river; we saw several fishing camps of the Skillutes on both sides of the Columbia, and were attended all the evening by parties of the natives in their canoes who visited us for the purpose of trading their fish and roots (Lewis, March 27, 1806. In Bergon 1989). The Chinookan people, in general, achieved a high degree of socioeconomic complexity that is unusual among populations considered to be hunter-gatherers. Anthropologists generally attributed this complexity to the fact that Northwest Coast cultures relied so heavily on a dependable and seemingly inexhaustible supply of salmon, which could be stored in much the same way agricultural societies could store crops. However, more recent archaeological investigations have shown that, in addition to salmon, a much wider range of resources were relied upon than previously thought (Butler and Martin 2013; Gahr 2013; Ellis 2013) and the people were organized strategically whereby the household was the primary unit of production (Ames and Maschner 1999; Ames and Sobel 2013) allowing for maximum output through specialization. Historic Overview The Columbia River was given its name in May 1792, by American Captain Robert Gray, after his ship, the Columbia Rediviva. On May 11, 1792, Captain Robert Gray entered the mouth of the Columbia River and explored 20 miles up the river as far as Grays Bay, a bay named for him later in the year by Lieutenant William Broughton of the Vancouver Expedition, who crossed the bar and traveled 100 miles up the Columbia (Topinka 2016). Smallpox and other epidemics brought by earlier seafaring expeditions devastated native villages years before Gray's venture into the area. Lewis and Clark passed the mouth of the Cowlitz River on November 6th, 1805 and they mention a small Indian village on the south side of the Columbia River with whom they traded for fish and roots. Sergeant John Ordway makes mention of “2 old villages which was Evacuated (sic)” (Ordway 1805). These early explorations opened the area for fur-trapping by the Pacific Fur Company, North West Company, and eventually, the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), each establishing a presence along the Columbia River. After 1821, the HBC dominated trade in the Northwest, initially from their headquarters at Fort George (near present-day Astoria), and after 1824, from their headquarters at Fort Vancouver. By 1846 the HBC had built two warehouses near the mouth of the Cowlitz River to store agricultural products for export to Russian Alaska. Named the Coweeman Post, the station was abandoned in 1850 (DeJoseph 2009). The beginning of pioneer settlement in the area occurred in 1849 when Harry Darby Huntington and a group of extended family from Indiana arrived by canoe at the confluence of the Cowlitz and Columbia rivers in what was at the time Oregon Territory.

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Huntington named the settlement, located about 1.5 miles to the southeast of the present-day Longview Civic Center, "Monticello" in honor of Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia. In 1852, people from all over what was to become Washington state gathered in Monticello to draft a memorial to Congress. The memorial expressed their desire to be granted statehood under the name of Columbia. This meeting came to be known as the Monticello Convention. The desires of the Convention were met favorably in Congress, but it was decided that a state named Columbia might be confused with the preexisting District of Columbia. The state was instead named Washington in honor of George Washington (City of Longview 2019). In 1867, the Monticello settlement was flooded out and the town site was abandoned. The DAHP database lists the site of the Monticello Convention as 45CW41, located approximately 5.37 miles (8.6 km) south of the project area (WISAARD 2019). The earliest map depicting the project area reviewed during background research was the 1857 GLO cadastral survey map of Township 8 North range 2 West (Figure 7) This map depicts the project area just north of the nearest donation land claim of the time at the toe of the slope of the hills west of the project area. The land within the project area is drawn as marshy lands on the west bank of the Cowlitz River with several secondary streams mapped in including unnamed McCorkle Creek. The 1863 GLO cadastral survey map of the area shows an increase in land division from the 1857 map with the project area depicted within the William Alexander McCorkle donation land claim (Figure 8). William Alexander McCorkle was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia in 1824, he married Diana Saville in Rockbridge County in 1856. The couple likely moved west shortly after their union as their first child was born in Washington State in 1957. McCorkle eventually procured the original DLC containing the project area and is the namesake for McCorkle creek which defines the southern boundary of the project area (Findagrave.com). It appears that each of the five original, non-native settlers in the valley named a settlement on their respective DLCs. Seth Catlin and his wife came west from Illinois, where he had served two terms as a state senator, with their seven sons in 1848 and filed a donation land claim on the west bank of the Cowlitz River in 1849. Catlin named his Marysville, but that name was already spoken for, so “Catlin” was chosen. Kelso was named for Kelso, Scotland by Peter Crawford, who settled on the east side of the Cowlitz River. Monitcello was named by H.D. Huntington. Freeport was a name established by Nathaniel Stone, but it later became Catlin (Hitchman 1985). Seth Catlin was involved with the Monticello Conventions of 1851 and 1852, serving as temporary chairman and one of thirteen to compose the memorial resolution that resulted in the creation of the Washington Territory (Stegner and McCroskey 1994). The flood-prone valley remained sparsely populated with Euro-American settlers until lumber baron Robert Alexander Long of the Long-Bell Lumber Company settled on it as the location to build a massive lumber mill at the confluence of the Cowlitz and Columbia rivers. Long-Bell had built their fortune by logging hundreds of thousands of acres of timberland throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, ASCC 19890 North Lexington Planned Unit Development, Cowlitz County, WA 14 A R C H A E O L O G I C A L S E R V I C E S L L C 601 Officers Row Vancouver, WA 98661 (360) 260-8614 archaeologicalservices.com

Michigan, and Wisconsin, starting in the 1880s, and established or purchased numerous regional mills, lumber yards, and warehouses to manufacture, sell, and store its wood products. By the end of World War I (1914-1918), Long-Bell's holdings were nearly depleted and good timber in the South was becoming scarce. In response, the company purchased huge tracts of old-growth forest in northern California, southern Oregon, and southwest Washington. After acquiring the rights from the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company to log 70,000 acres of timber in Cowlitz and Lewis counties, Long- Bell executives began searching for a mill site with access to rail and water transportation. The main contenders were Portland and Astoria, Oregon, and a sizable expanse of the flat, swampy farmland at the confluence of the Cowlitz and Columbia rivers, which, fifty years prior, had been the small community of Monticello (McClary 2008). The 1921 USGS map shows the project area immediately prior to Longview’s establishment as undeveloped marshland just west of existing Westside Highway, north of the community of Lexington, on the southwest side of the Cowlitz River (Error! Reference source not found.). The map depicts that by this time structures existed nearby but not within the project area. In 1921, Long-Bell acquired 14,000 acres of Columbia Valley bottom land for $2,611,103 in cash. The reason so much land was required was that R.A. Long had a plan to build a planned city to house the workers who would be required to run the milling operation. The first task was the construction of dikes and canals to reclaim the low-lying, flood-prone ground on which the new town site was to be built. Low areas were built up with the spoils from the dredging operations (Neuschwanger 1984a). The 1951 USGS historic aerial image shows the project area in a rural residential area north of the community of Lexington. The existing residence within the project area is clearly visible in this photograph with the field appearing to be plowed and residences to the north and west not yet built (Figure 13). The 1970 USGS aerial image shows the project area in a similarly plowed state with one single family residence, however by this time the surrounding residential neighborhoods to the north and west have been constructed (Figure 14).

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Figure 10 Portion of the 1857 GLO Cadastral Survey Map of Township 8 North Range 2 East overlaid with USGS approximate project area boundaries.

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Figure 11. Portion of the 1863 GLO Cadastral Survey Map of Township 8 North Range 2 East overlaid with approximate project area boundaries.

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Figure 12. Portion of the 1921 Kelso USGS quadrangle showing the project area vicinity. 1:62,500 ratio scale.

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Figure 13. 1951 USGS aerial photograph with highlighted project area boundaries

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Figure 14. 1970 USGS aerial photograph with highlighted project area boundaries.

Previous Archaeology The Washington Information System for Architectural and Archaeological Records Data (WISAARD) indicates that there have been at least seven cultural resource investigations conducted and one archaeological resource identified within a 1.0- mile (1.6-km) radius of the project area (WISAARD 2019). For a complete list of cultural resource investigations conducted within a 1.0-mile (1.6-km) radius of the project area please see Table 1.

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The nearest previously identified archaeological resource to the project area is site 45CW207 also known as the Grave in The Middle of The Road site which is a recorded historic cemetery site. The site is located 0.64 miles (1.03 km) northeast of the project area across the Cowlitz River. The grave belongs to Able Ostrander, father of Nathaniel, who was buried on Nathaniel's land claim after his death on October 31st, 1959. A road was built that curved around the grave, with the identity of the burial forgotten. In 1988 a memorial was erected on the gravesite "so Abel will not be forgotten again." Abel was 76 when he arrived here; few pioneers attempted the overland journey at that age. He died six years after the trip was completed. His grave was restored and rededicated in 1966 (DAHP 2010). Table 1. List of previous archaeological surveys within a 1.0-mile (1.6 km) radius of the project area. Document Title Reference Type Survey Letter to Ross Widener Regarding Cultural Hartmann, 2004 Report Resource Investigations for the Lexington Bridge Replacement Survey Cultural Resources Survey and Evaluation for Bowden, 2007 Report the Bradwood Landing Pipeline Project Survey Cultural Resource Survey for Hazel Dell Road Hambelton, 2012 Report Improvement Project, Cowlitz County, Washington Survey South Fork McCorkle Creek Detention Bialas, 2013 Report Structure Project Survey Cultural Resources Survey Report for the City of Solimano, 2016 Report Longview Wells, Cowlitz County, Washington Survey Cultural Resources Survey for Lexington- Hennessey, 2017 Report Longview No. 1 Emergency Landslide Structure Removal Survey Cultural Resource Survey of the Lexington Williams-Larson, Report Elementary School Site Project, Cowlitz County, 2018 Washington

Historic Property Review According the WISAARD, there are no NRHP-listed or eligible historic properties within the 1-mile search radius of the project APE.

Field Investigation Methods and Results

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Archaeological Services, LLC carried out the fieldwork for this survey on August 28th, 2019. ASCC archaeologists Brendan Gauthier B.A., Brandon Shaw B.A. and Phil Daily B.A. conducted the field work; conditions were partly sunny with temperatures in the 70s and 80s. Surface Survey ASCC carried out a systematic pedestrian survey of the entire project area, walking parallel, adjacent transects, spaced no greater than 10 m (33 ft.) apart across the project area with transects walked opportunistically around existing structures. Less than 1% of mineral soils were exposed to inspection during the surface investigation. The project area is mainly covered in short thick grasses, which limited visibility. There were few small rodent burrows observed across the project area which provided the limited soil visibility. Structures in the southwestern portion of the project area were photographed and documented. The bank of McCorkle creek was examined, and subsurface testing locations were considered during the walkover portion of the archaeological investigation.

Figure 15. Northeast facing photograph taken from the southwest corner of the project area showing ground surface conditions at the time of the investigation.

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Figure 16. Aerial photomap overlaid with the project area boundaries and the approximate extent and orientation of transects walked by ASCC.

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Subsurface Survey ASCC excavated twenty (20) shovel test probes (STPs) within the 15.91-acre North Lexington Planned Unit Development project area (Figure 9). The probes were placed across the project area in a grid at an approximate 50-meter interval. Transects varied in length in order to provide complete coverage across the irregularly shaped project area. STPs were excavated by shovel as a cylindrical hole measuring approximately 50 cm (19.69 inches) in diameter and taken to a depth of between 50 and200 centimeters (24.80- 78.74 inches) below ground surface (cmbgs). Please see Table 2 for a detailed list of subsurface test results. All soils were screened through nested 1/4-inch and 1/8-inch (6-mm and 3-mm) stainless steel mesh. Notes on the subsurface excavation, including location information, descriptions of soil types, texture, color, and the presence or absence of cultural materials were kept in field notes on file at the ASCC office in Vancouver, WA. Soils observed in the subsurface profiles of shovel test probes were generally consistent with descriptions for Clato silt loam on 0-3% slopes provided by the NRCS. No pre-contact or historic archaeological materials were observed during the subsurface investigation.

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Figure 17. Aerial photomap of existing conditions within project area overlaid with approximate location of the shovel test probe excavated by ASCC.

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Table 2. List of subsurface testing results excavated by ASCC. Cultural STP # Soil Description Material Present 0-33 cmbgs- Medium greyish brown slightly moist sandy A-1 silt loam with no gravels. Negative 33-70 cmbgs- Medium brown granular silt loam with no gravels. NCM Negative

0-50 cmbgs- Medium greyish brown slightly moist sandy A-2 silt loam with no gravels. Negative

50-110 cmbgs- Medium brown granular silt loam with no gravels, becoming more fine with depth. NCM Negative

110-175 cmbgs- Mottled medium brown/ light greyish brown with reduction oxidization mottling increasing with depth, prominent at base of excavation. Negative

0-29 cmbgs- Medium greyish brown slightly moist sandy A-3 silt loam with no gravels. Negative 29-65 cmbgs- light brownish grey fine silty sand with <1 % gravels. NCM

0-33 cmbgs- plow zone, medium greyish brown slightly A-4 moist sandy silt loam with <1% gravels. Negative 33-70 cmbgs- light greyish brown very fine micaceous sand with <1% gravels. Negative

0-28 cmbgs- Medium greyish brown soft loose silty sandy A-5 loam with <1% v. small round- sub-angular pebbles. Negative 28-70 cmbgs- Very fine soft, light grey micaceous silty sand with very few gravels. Negative

0-50cmbgs - Loose medium brown silty sand with no B-1 gravels and minimal root inclusions. Negative 0-50cmbgs - Loose medium brown silty sand with no B-2 gravels and minimal root inclusions. Negative 0-50cmbgs - Loose light brownish- grey silty sand with < B-3 1% gravels and minimal root inclusions. Negative 0-50cmbgs - Loose light brownish- grey silty sand with < B-4 5% gravels and minimal root inclusions. Negative

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0-20 cmbgs- Loose medium brown silty sand with 20% B-5 sub angular gravels, no organics, likely disturbed. Negative 20-50 cmbgs- Loose grey loamy sand with 20% road gravels mixed with native alluvial deposit. Negative

0-25 cmbgs- Plow zone, brown silt loam, loose, friable C-1 with very few pebbles. Negative 25-60 cmbgs- Light grey silt loam loose, no gravels. Negative

0-25 cmbgs- Plow zone, brown silt loam, loose, friable C-2 with very few pebbles. Negative 25-60 cmbgs- Light grey silt loam loose, no gravels. Negative

0-50cmbgs- Plow zone 0-25, brown silt loam, loose, C-3 friable with very few pebbles. Negative 50-60 cmbgs- Light grey silt loam loose, no gravels. Negative

0-50 cmbgs- Light yellow slightly sandy silt loam very C-4 friable, diffuse boundary Negative 50-60 cmbgs- Light grey silt loam loose, no gravels. Negative

0-50 cmbgs- yellowish brown silt loam, loose, very fine micaceous sand. Very few well rounded pebbles, friable ped structure. Plow zone with abrupt boundary observed D-1 25cmbgs. Negative 50-60 cmbgs- Light greyish sandy silt loam loose, no gravels, very fine micaceous sand. Negative

0-50cmbgs- Loose light brown loamy silt with minimal D-2 root inclusions and no gravels. Negative 0-50cmbgs- Loose light brown loamy silt with minimal D-3 root inclusions and no gravels. Negative 0-50cmbgs- Loose light grey-brown loamy silt with D-4 minimal root inclusions and no gravels. Negative 0-30 cmbgs- medium greyish brown fine sandy silt loam with very few pebbles, less than 1% very small-small rounded to sub-rounded water worn gravels with few E-1 organics and charcoal present. Negative 30-36 cmbgs- distinct ash deposit (likely from Mt. Saint Helen's) with hardened above subsoil.

36-85 cmbgs- light brownish grey very fine silty sand with loose, soft, micaceous sand with very few gravels and scarce charcoal presence. Negative

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0-30 cmbgs- medium greyish brown fine sandy silt loam with very few pebbles, less than 1% very small-small rounded to sub-rounded water worn gravels with few E-2 organics and charcoal present. Negative 30-120 cmbgs- medium yellowish brown very fine micaceous feldspathic loose soft sandy silt loam with very few gravels. Negative

120-165 cmbgs- medium grey with medium brown medium grain micaceous alluvial deposit with charcoal present. Negative

165-200 cmbgs- Medium grain grey micaceous sand with yellow brown mottling. Auger Impasse @ 200 cmbgs. Negative

Summary ASCC has performed a surface and subsurface investigation of the North Lexington PUD project area, located north of the community of Lexington in Cowlitz County, WA. No cultural materials were observed throughout the pedestrian survey or gridded subsurface investigation of the project area. The project area is understood to have archaeological potential, with the amount of previous survey in the vicinity of the project area being low. Also, the project area’s proximity to the Cowlitz River makes it a habitable landform at the toe of the slope to hills to the west. The soils observed were well drained and an effort was made to test deep deposits. The single-family residence and detached garage within the project area will not be impacted by the proposed project development. The circa 1940s barn however will be torn down. In appendix A of this report a Historic Property Inventory form has been compiled for the barn. The current resident at the home was on the premises during the survey and mentioned to the archaeologists that he understood the barn to be a 1940s construct. The HPI form details the structure and ultimately determines that due to the level of alterations made to the barn, it is recommended as not eligible under NRHP Criterion C (Grilch 2019).

No historic properties that are listed on or considered eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places are within the APE for direct effects. Soils observed within the project area were consistent with descriptions provided by the USDA Web Soil Survey (NRCS 2019). ASCC has interpreted that soils encountered within the project area are native, however slightly disturbed/ reworked through modern land uses such as plowing. The project area did not contain any pre-contact or historically significant archaeological material. Recommendations

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ASCC recommends that no further archaeological work is currently necessary. Project coordinators should bear in mind that a survey is, by definition, a sampling process that cannot completely rule out the presence of archaeological materials on- site. To prepare for the possibility that archaeological materials are discovered during project activities, ASCC recommends that project coordinators develop and implement an inadvertent discovery plan, sample language for which is provided below. This plan will be made available to all contractors working in the project area. Inadvertent Discovery Language In the event of an inadvertent discovery of potentially significant archaeological materials (bones, shell, stone tools, hearths, etc.) and/or human remains during project activities, all work in the immediate vicinity should stop, the area must be secured, and the discovery must be reported to the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) (360-586-3065) and all relevant Native American tribes. In the event human remains are identified, local law enforcement, the county medical examiner, State Physical Anthropologist at DAHP (360-586-3534), the Clark County planning office, and the affected Tribes should be contacted immediately. Compliance with all applicable laws pertaining to archaeological resources (RCW27.53, 27.44 and WAC 25-48) and human remains (RCW 68.50) is required.

Washington State law prohibits the disturbance of a known prehistoric archaeological site without an excavation permit. Compliance with all applicable laws pertaining to archaeological resources (RCW27.53, 27.44 and WAC 25-48) and human remains (RCW 68.50) is required.

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APPENDIX A HISTORIC PROPERTY INVENTORY FORM FOR THE BARN WITHIN THE NORTH LEXINGTON PUD PROJECT AREA.

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Resource Name: Barn Property ID: 720119

Location

Address: 1941 Westside Hwy, Kelso, WA, 98626, USA Geographic Areas: Cowlitz County, T08R02W10, KELSO Quadrangle

Information Number of stories: 1.00

Construction Dates: Construction Type Year Circa Built Date 1940

Historic Use: Category Subcategory Agriculture/Subsistence Agriculture/Subsistence

Historic Context: Category Agriculture Architecture

Architect/Engineer: Category Name or Company

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Thematics:

Local Registers and Districts Name Date Listed Notes Project History

Project Number, Organization, Resource Inventory SHPO Determination SHPO Determined By, Project Name Determined Date 2019-10-07489, , 1941 Westside 10/1/2019 Highway Historic Property Record

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Photos

Facade, Viewing Southwest Southeast Elevation, Viewing West

Northwest Elevation, Viewing Southeast Southwest Elevation, Viewing Northeast

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Inventory Details - 10/1/2019 Common name: Date recorded: 10/1/2019 Field Recorder: Brandon Grilc Field Site number: SHPO Determination Detail Information

Characteristics: Category Item Plan Rectangle Structural System Wood - Platform Frame Cladding Metal - Corrugated Roof Material Metal - Corrugated Roof Type Gable - Front Form Type Barn - Broken Gable Cladding Wood - Drop Siding Cladding Wood

Surveyor Opinion

Property appears to meet criteria for the National Register of Historic Places: No Property is located in a potential historic district (National and/or local): No Property potentially contributes to a historic district (National and/or local): No

Significance narrative: The barn retains historic integrity of location and setting due its retention of its original location and minimal alterations made to its immediate surroundings. However, due to the replacement of its original doors, and the addition of wood and metal cladding, the barn has lost its integrity of design, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association.

Because a reconnaissance-level survey results in the recordation of only observable information, little to no historic background information or contextual histories were discovered during the survey. Therefore, the resource is recommended as unevaluated under NRHP Criterion A, B, and D. Further research is needed on the barn to support a specific association to an individual who or an activity that has made an important contribution or impact to the community. However, due to the loss of historic integrity, it is unlikely that the barn would contribute to a historic district if further research identified a larger district associated with the property, historic barns of Washington State, the Rocky Point neighborhood, or Kelso, Washington.

Due to the level of alterations made to the barn, it is recommended as not eligible under NRHP Criterion C.

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Resource Name: Barn Property ID: 720119

Physical description: The barn is located at 1941 Westside Highway (SR 411) on a 1.94-acre seven-sided parcel in the Rocky Point neighborhood of Kelso, Cowlitz County, Washington. The circa 1940 resource is a one-story, rectangular barn with a steeply-pitched front-facing broken gable roof with high lean-tos. A circa 1930 one-story, L-shaped Craftsman-style single-dwelling with a moderate-pitched front-gabled roof and a circa 1965 one-story, square-shaped, detached two-bay garage with a low-pitched pyramidal roof (Cowlitz County 2019) are located northeast of the barn on the parcel (tax lot 62245). The parcel is bounded by a large 10.97-acre field (tax lot 62213001) to the south and northwest, the Westside Highway to the northeast, and a shelterbelt to the southeast.

The barn consists of a center one-and-one-half-story volume front-gabled center block with attached full-length shed-roof lean-tos on its the northwest and southeast elevations. The barn is faced with horizontal and vertical corrugated metal with horizontal Dutch lap wood and wood board siding on the northeast elevation (façade). The roof displays a simple wood fascia board with a slight-eave overhang.

The primary façade faces northeast towards the residence and garage, and is comprised of a center double-door opening with flush-panel plywood doors under a gable light fixture with a metal hood flanked by the northwest and southeast lean-tos. The northwest lean-to is open with exposed wood framing members. The southeast lean-to is faced with Dutch lap wood siding and includes a large full-width open bay.

The southeast elevation of the barn is absent of fenestration and architectural detail.

The southwest elevation contains an off-center horizontal one-over-one single-hung wood window on the center block to the southeast and a small off-center rectangular opening on the southeast lean-to to the northwest.

The northwest elevation lacks fenestration or architectural detail. A portion of the corrugated metal cladding is removed from the elevation exposing the interior of the northwest lean-to.

The broken gable roof of the barn is covered with corrugated metal roofing and features exposed rafter tails.

Access to the interior of the barn was not granted on the date of survey.

After analyzing existing aerial photos, as well as the resource during a field investigation on August 28, 2019, it is apparent that alterations have been made to the barn since the date of its construction circa 1940. Changes made to the barn include a new roof on the southeast lean-to circa 2006, and a new roof on the center block and northwest lean-to circa 2009 (Google Earth 2019). Other alterations made to the barn include new plywood doors, new horizontal board siding, and the addition of corrugated metal cladding (dates unknown).

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Bibliography: Cowlitz County Assessor (Cowlitz County) 2019͞1941 WESTSIDE HWY.͟Property Identification #3046189.

http://65.183.210.212/CowlitzPropertyApp/CowlitzPropertyApp/Zoner/property_detail? prop_id=3046189. Accessed 10/01/19.

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October 29, 2019

Greta Holmstron Planner Cowlitz County 207 Fourth Ave. North Kelso, WA 98626

In future correspondence please refer to: Project Tracking Code: 2019-10-07489 Property: North Lexington Planned Unit Development SEPA #18-08-3523 Re: Archaeology - Concur with Survey; Follow Inadvertent Discovery Plan

Dear Ms. Holmstron:

The State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) and the Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) has been provided with documentation regarding the above referenced project. In response, we concur with the results and recommendations made in the survey report entitled “Cultural Resources Survey of the North Lexington Planned Unit Development Project Area, Cowlitz County, Washington (ASCC Report No. 19890).” The DAHP agrees that because no archaeology was found, direct archaeological oversight of the project is not warranted, but a standard Inadvertent Discovery Plan should be followed during all ground disturbing activities.

We appreciate receiving copies of any correspondence or comments from concerned tribes and other parties that you receive as you consult.

These comments are based on the information available at the time of this review and on behalf of the SHPO pursuant to Washington State law. Please note that should the project scope of work and/or location change significantly, please contact DAHP for further review.

Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment. Please ensure that the DAHP Project Number (a.k.a. Project Tracking Code) is attached to any communications or submitted reports. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,

Stephanie Jolivette Local Governments Archaeologist (360) 586-3088 [email protected]

State of Washington • Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation P.O. Box 48343 • Olympia, Washington 98504-8343 • (360) 586-3065 www.dahp.wa.gov