Appendix E Cultural Resources Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Final Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement July 2011 Prepared by: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District 180 Fifth Street East, Suite 700 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-1678 USACE-MVP-0000087999 This page intentionally left blank USACE-MVP-0000087999 1.0 APPENDIX E – CULTURAL RESOURCES 1.1 INTRODUCTION This appendix contains existing data on recorded prehistoric and historic archeological sites and historic standing structures; leads to such sites and structures by informants or in written documents which have not been field verified by a professional archeologist or historian; and previous cultural resources investigations in the project area; and is based on information contained in the files at the Historic Preservation Division, State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, through May 1997 (Ketz and Schmidt 1997); in various cultural resources investigation reports at the Corps of Engineers’ St. Paul District office; in the Southern Red River and Sheyenne River Study Units chapters of the North Dakota Comprehensive Plan for Historic Preservation: Archeological Component (SHSND 2008); and in the archeological site, standing structure, and report files at the State Historic Preservation Office, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul. In addition, the National Register of Historic Places (National Register) was most recently checked on March 8, 2011. This appendix covers all of the alternatives analyzed in Feasibility Phase 2, Screening #1 (see Section 3.4 of the main report). The various alternatives are depicted in Figures 1, 2 and 3 in this Appendix. The North Dakota Mini- Diversion Alignment extends from the Maple River to the outlet at the Red River along the same alignment as the North Dakota East and West Diversion alternatives. The North Dakota East Diversion and associated tie-back levee has since been renamed the ND35K Plan. The Minnesota Short Diversion and its associated features has since been redesignated the Federally Comparable Plan (FCP). A modified North Dakota East Diversion has become the Locally Preferred Plan (LPP), with modifications including a shift in the northwest part of the diversion alignment to avoid Ditch 13, an extension of the tie-back levee alignment in Minnesota, and the addition of an upstream storage area (Storage Area #1) and its associated tie-back levee alignment in North Dakota. Archeological and architectural site information from a partially completed Phase I survey of the North Dakota East (ND35K and LPP) and Minnesota Short (FCP) diversion alignments in 2010 have been added to this Appendix from the Draft EIS version, as have sections on the LPP and the FCP. 1.2 KNOWN CULTURAL RESOURCES 1.2.1 Moorhead, Minnesota Levee Alignment There are two prehistoric archeological sites (21CY48, 21CY68), four historic archeological sites and two site leads (21CY5, 21CY66, 21CY67, 21CY71, 21CYg, 21CYr), and sixteen historic standing structures (CY-MHC-002, CY-MHC-005, CY- MHC-011, CY-MHC-012, CY-MHC-024, CY-MHC-025, CY-MHC-030, CY-MHC- 055, CY-MHC-059, CY-MHC-060, CY-MHC-061, CY-MHC-062, CY-MHC-064, CY- MHC-066, CY-MHC-068, CY-OAK-001) within one-sixteenth mile (330 feet/100 meters) of the levee centerline (Table E-1.) The John Bergquist House (1870) at 719 Final Fargo-Moorhead Metro Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement E-1 July 2011 Cultural Resources USACE-MVP-0000087999 10th Avenue North, the Fairmont Creamery Company at 801 2nd Avenue North, and the Randolph M. Probstfield House on County Road 96 are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Kassenborg Block (1898) on Main Avenue, the Red River Bridge on Main Avenue, and the Douglas House (1872) at 111 4th Street South, have been determined eligible for listing on the National Register. Prehistoric archeological sites 21CY48 and 21CY68, three historic archeological sites (21CY71-Harris Homestead, 21CYg-Probstfield Post Office, 21CYr-Red River Trail), and architectural site CY-MHC- 064 (Moorhead Country Club (1938) at 11th Street and 18th Avenue North) are crossed by the levee centerline. The Red River Trail (21CYr) is crossed six times by this levee alignment. 1.2.2 Fargo, North Dakota Levee Alignment There are two prehistoric archeological sites and one prehistoric isolated find (32CSX196, 32CS4442, 32CS4443), four historic archeological sites and one site lead (32CSX30, 32CS142, 32CS4671, 32CS4673, 32CS5087), three historic standing structures (32CS4474, 32CS5083, and the Dibley House), and one historic district within one-sixteenth mile (330 feet/100 meters) of the levee centerline (Table E-2). The Dibley House at 331 8th Avenue South and the North Side Builder’s Residential Historic District are listed on the National Register. This historic district is located between the Ben Franklin School area on the west and the El Zagal Golf Course on the east, and extends south to 12th Avenue North between 4th Street North and 1st Street North. The alignment crosses through the historic district near the golf course. Prehistoric archeological sites 32CSX196, 32CS4442, and 32CS4443, and historic archeological site 32CS4673 are also crossed by the levee centerline. 1.2.3 North Dakota West Diversion Alignment There are four prehistoric archeological sites (32CS42, 32CS43, 32CS44, 32CS201), two historic archeological site leads (32CSX35, 32CSX238b), and four historic standing structures (32CS4461, 32CS4462, 32CS5090, 32CS5091) within one-half mile either side of the diversion centerline (Table E-3). No National Register listed historic properties are present along this alignment. The Sheyenne River Bridge (32CS4462), located where an east-west section line road crosses that river in Warren Township, has been determined eligible to the National Register. None of these ten sites or structures is crossed by the diversion centerline. 1.2.4 North Dakota East Diversion Alignment (part of the ND35K Plan) There are four prehistoric archeological sites (32CS42, 32CS43, 32CS44, 32CS201), one historic archeological site lead (32CSX238b), and four historic standing structures (32CS4461, 32CS4462, 32CS5090, 32CS5091) within one-half mile either side of the diversion centerline (Table E-4). No National Register listed historic properties are present along this alignment. The Sheyenne River Bridge (32CS4462), located where an east-west section line road crosses that river in Warren Township, has been determined eligible to the National Register. Only prehistoric archeological site 32CS42 is crossed Final Fargo-Moorhead Metro Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement E-2 July 2011 Cultural Resources USACE-MVP-0000087999 by the diversion centerline and that site was determined not eligible to the National Register in 1988 in connection with the Horace-West Fargo Flood Control Project. A partial survey of this alignment in 2010 recorded six historic artifact scatters (FM1-2, FM2-2, FM2-5, FM2-6, FM2-7, FM4-7), one isolated prehistoric projectile point (FM2- 8), 11 historic farmsteads (ND-1 to ND-7, ND-10, ND12 to ND-14), 1 historic railroad crossing (ND-8), 1 historic house (ND-9), 1 historic bridge (ND-15), 1 collapsed granary (ND-16), and 1 collapsed house (ND-17). Of these, two farmsteads (ND-5 and ND-14) and one historic artifact scatter (FM2-2) are recommended eligible to the National Register; six farmsteads (ND-3, ND-4, ND-7, ND-10, ND-12 and ND-13) have undetermined eligibility; and the remaining eight structures, five sites and one isolated find are recommended not eligible to the National Register. 1.2.5 North Dakota Mini-Diversion Alignment (Maple River to Red River outlet) There are two prehistoric archeological sites (32CS43, 32CS201), one historic archeological site lead (32CSX238b), and one historic standing structure (32CS4461) within one-half mile either side of the diversion centerline (Table E-5). No National Register listed historic properties are present along this alignment. None of these three sites and structures is crossed by the diversion centerline. 1.2.6 North Dakota East and West Diversions Tie-Back Levee Alignment (part of the ND35K Plan) There is one historic archeological site lead (21CYr) within one-sixteenth mile (330 feet/100 meters) of the tie-back levee centerline (Table E-6). No National Register listed historic properties are present along this alignment. The Red River Trail (21CYr) is crossed once by this levee alignment. A partial survey of this alignment in 2010 recorded three isolated historic artifacts (FM3- 3, FM3-4, FM3-6), one historic artifact scatter (FM3-2), and one railroad track segment (FM3-5). The railroad track segment (FM3-5) is recommended as eligible to the National Register, while the remaining historic site and three isolated finds are recommended as not eligible. 1.2.7 Minnesota Long Diversion Alignment There are three prehistoric archeological sites (21CY3, 21CY19, 21CY55), three historic archeological site leads (21CYk, 21CYl, 21CYr), and five historic standing structures (CY-DWC-003, CY-HCR-002, CY-KRG-001, CY-KRG-004, CY-KRG-005) within one- half mile either side of the diversion centerline (Table E-7). The John Olness House (CY-KRG-001) on U.S. Highway 75 at Kragnes is listed on the National Register. The historic ghost towns of Ruthruff (21CYk) and Lafayette (21CYl[el]), and the Red River Trail (21CYr) are crossed by the diversion centerline; the latter oxcart trail is crossed three times. Final Fargo-Moorhead Metro Feasibility Report and Environmental